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North Carolina dental review : magazine of the School of Dentistry, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

North Carolina dental review : magazine of the School of Dentistry, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

DENTAL
REVIEW
North Carolina
A Publication of the University of North Carolina
Dental Alumni Association
SPRING/SUMMER 2017
Bowties
and Big
Ideas
PRESIDENT
Robert P. Stowe
DDS Class of 1998
Winston-Salem, N.C.
VICE PRESIDENT
L’Tanya J. Bailey
MS Class of 1985
High Point, N.C.
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Rafael Rivera, Jr.
DDS Class of 1998
Gastonia, N.C.
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
J. Jackson Teague III
DDS Class of 1991
Asheville, N.C.
FIRST DISTRICT
W. Arthur Cooper III
DDS Class of 1984
Gastonia, N.C.
R. Lee Warren
DDS Class of 1972
Boone, N.C.
SECOND DISTRICT
Steven R. Patty
DDS Class of 1984
Monroe, N.C.
David White Stroup
DDS Class of 1987
Charlotte, N.C.
THIRD DISTRICT
Nona I. Breeland
DDS Class of 1987
MS Class of 1989
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Roslyn M. Crisp
DDS Class of 1982
MS Class of 1986
Burlington, N.C.
James P. Fetner
DDS Class of 2008
Burlington, N.C.
UNC Dental Alumni Association
2016–17 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The North Carolina Dental Review is published
by the Dental Alumni Association and the Dental
Foundation of North Carolina for alumni and
friends of the UNC School of Dentistry.
Dean
Scott S. De Rossi, DMD, MBA
Editor
Tiffany Brannan, BA, UNC ’06
Photography
De Rossi Family
Ramona Hutton-Howe
Chris Pope
School of Dentistry Students
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Graphic Design
Alison Duncan, BA, BFA, UNC ’96,
Duncan Design
We welcome your comments, opinions or
questions. Please address correspondence
to Tiffany Brannan at:
(919) 537-3260
tiffany_brannan@unc.edu
UNC School of Dentistry
Attn: Tiffany Brannan
Koury Oral Health Sciences Building
CB #7450
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7450
FOURTH DISTRICT
Ben Koren
DDS Class of 1999
Raleigh, N.C.
Anita Sawhney
DDS Class of 1991
Raleigh, N.C.
FIFTH DISTRICT
Steve Edgerton
DDS Class of 1980
Wilmington, N.C.
Amy W. Hunt
DDS Class of 1991
Rocky Mount, N.C.
W. David Jarvis
DDS Class of 1985
Rocky Mount, N.C.
Elizabeth E. Miller
DDS Class of 2007
Tarboro, N.C.
OUT OF STATE
W. Jackson Faircloth, Jr.
DDS Class of 1977
Charlottesville, Va.
E. Lynn Styers
DDS Class of 1987
North Myrtle Beach, S.C.
EX-OFFICIO
Scott S. De Rossi, DMD, MBA
Dean and Professor
Hunter Barrett
Executive Director, UNCDAA
Paul Gardner
Associate Dean of Advancement
Brian Swift
President, DDS Class of 2017
DENTAL
REVIEW
North Carolina
A Publication of the University of North Carolina
Dental Alumni Association
SPRING/SUMMER 2017
Bowties
and Big
Ideas
Alumni and friends,
It is a great honor to address you as dean of the UNC School of Dentistry. I am excited to have this
opportunity to work with each of you at such a storied institution.
When I received the phone call from Provost Jim Dean letting me know I had been selected for this
position, I was overwhelmed. I was thrilled to be selected, and I was humbled to be trusted with
such an important charge. It is no secret to any of you that the UNC School of Dentistry is one of
the nation’s best, and I know that being at the helm comes with great responsibility. When I
accepted this appointment, I accepted the challenge of ensuring that the UNC School of Dentistry
continues to be a leader in dentistry. The standard of excellence here is high, and that is something
I am dedicated to maintaining.
You should know that my vision for the school is not just to maintain its standing, though. My hope
is that we are able to move beyond excellence as a school. I want the UNC School of Dentistry to be
the global standard for dental education. In order to do that, I know that I will rely heavily on each
of you reading this. I will need your advice, your passion and your support as we move forward.
To that end, I want to be clear that my door is
always open to you. I am committed to
transparently leading the school and my hope is
that you will feel comfortable reaching out to me
to share concerns, ideas or to just say hello.
One of the reasons I am most excited about this
appointment, other than getting to move to
beautiful Chapel Hill, is that I get to continue
my work with outstanding students. There is no
question that UNC recruits the top tier of
students into each of its educational programs,
and that has only been further reinforced to me
since my arrival in January. The students here
are incredibly impressive. They are not only bright and committed to their education, but they are
committed to making a better life for those around them. I have been astounded with the amount
of service they provide voluntarily to the community, the state and the globe. During the last
academic year, they provided roughly $4.5 million of in-kind care, not including the service
provided by students on international trips. That is a staggering number. In the pages that follow,
you will read about the experiences our DDS students had on their Dentistry in Service to
Communities (DISC) rotations, about our student-led Give Kids a Smile Day and also about an
award-winning free clinic our students run. Those stories are but a snapshot of all in which the
students are involved.
It is still a common occurrence that I get asked why I wanted to be dean of this school. While I
usually quip that I had a momentary lapse in my sanity, the truth is that this school has absolutely
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Message from the Dean
De Rossi
(Continued on page 3)
I want the UNC School of Dentistry
to be the global standard for dental
education. In order to do that, I
know that I will rely heavily on each
of you reading this. I will need your
advice, your passion and your
support as we move forward.
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In this Issue
10
11
20
1 Message from the Dean
4 Continuing Dental Education
School and Faculty News
5 Bowties and Big Ideas: A Look at Dentistry’s Newest Tar Heel Dean,
Scott De Rossi
10 De Rossi: “I’m home”
11 A UNC Distinction: The Dental Sleep Medicine Clinic
12 Wright Elected Vice President of the American Association for Dental Research
12 Olivera Awarded Inaugural Academy of Operative Dentistry Faculty
Excellence Award
13 Matthews Honored by Barbados for Outstanding Service
14 School Researchers First to Locate Gene Variant Linked to Chronic Periodontitis
15 In Memoriam
Dr. William Douglas Strickland ’56
Dr. Philip Francis Hirsch
16 Faculty Development
18 Faculty Notes
Student News
19 Alexander Elected Student National Dental Association President
19 Students Speak Up for Fluoridation
20 Give Kids a Smile Day: Students Provide Nearly $6,000 in Free Dental Care
to Local Children
22 Durham-based Student-led Dental Clinic Wins National Award
Special Section
23 DDS Students Serve Through DISC
Foundation News
24 2016-17 Scholarship, Fellowship and Award Recipients
34 Olmsted Family Distinguished Professorship Established
35 Kendrick Fellowship to be Funded, Awarded in 2018
36 Bonvechio Begins as New Regional Director of Development
36 Harrell, Long-time Friend of the School, Passes Away
Alumni News
37 Message from the UNCDAA President
38 Class Notes
everything I could ever need to be a
successful dean. When considering
applying to be dean anywhere, I would
look for certain things: the character of
the students, faculty, staff and alumni;
the quality of the facilities; the stature
of the school and university. Here, at
UNC, I found every box was ticked.
The students and residents here are bright and passionate. The faculty are forward thinking, world
renowned leaders. The staff that fill the halls are hardworking and dedicated. The school’s alumni
and friends are loyal, accomplished, influential and closely knit. The facilities are world class. The
school is part of a vibrant and significant health sciences campus, and also a part of the prestigious
University of North Carolina. Bar none, I cannot think of another place that not only met, but
exceeded, what I hoped to find.
While I hope you have more of a sense of who I am after reading this issue of the North Carolina
Dental Review, I am looking forward to having the chance to meet each of you in the coming months.
In addition to all the spring events that will have happened by the time this reaches you, I am
traveling once a week with members of the Office of Advancement team in hopes of meeting many
of you before the North Carolina Dental Society Annual Session. I look forward to cultivating a
relationship with each of you that is built on transparency and the common goal of moving this great
school beyond excellence.
Again, I want to emphasize how sincerely thrilled I am to be a part of the UNC School of Dentistry.
Since arriving in January I have been greeted with a genuine warmth and open arms by the whole
community, and I cannot thank you enough. This is a special place filled with remarkable people,
and it is humbling to become a part of this family. Becoming dean of this great school is one of the
highest honors of my life.
My wife, Kate, and my daughters, Sofia and Evie, are also excited to create a new home here in
Chapel Hill.
I look forward to getting to know you and working with you for years to come. Thank you for your
unwavering support of the UNC School of Dentistry.
Sincerely,
Scott S. De Rossi, DMD, MBA
Dean, UNC School of Dentistry
This is a special place
filled with remarkable
people, and it is
humbling to become
a part of this family.
De Rossi
NORTH CAROLINA DENTAL REVIEW 5
SCHOOL AND FACULTY NEWS
44 NNOORRTTHH CCAARROOLLIINNAA DDEENNTTAALL RREEVVIIEEWW
Continuing Dental Education
Diagnosis and Management of Acute and Chronic
Orofacial Pain
DATE: June 2, 2017
SPEAKERS: Dr. Pei Lim, Dr. Max DiGiosia, Dr. Asma Khan and
Dr. Ashraf Fouad
LOCATION: UNC School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Advanced Cone Beam CT Interpretation
DATE: June 9, 2017
SPEAKERS: Dr. Don Tyndall and Dr. Heidi Kohltfarber
LOCATION: UNC School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, N.C.
The 34th Annual Dental Review
DATE: June 15-17, 2017
SPEAKERS: Dr. Glenn Maron, Dr. Randy Huffines and others
LOCATION: Kingston Plantation, Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Update in Oral Surgery for the General Dentist
DATE: June 16, 2017
SPEAKERS: Dr. Renie Daniel, Dr. N. Shaun Matthews, Dr. Jonathan Reside
and Dr. Blake Turner
LOCATION: The Friday Center, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Concepts and Teaching Strategies for the Oral
Radiology Educator
DATE: July 17-20, 2017
SPEAKERS: Dr. Sally Mauriello and others
LOCATION: UNC School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, N.C.
The 33rd Annual Prosthodontics Meeting
DATES: July 24-29, 2017
SPEAKERS: UNC School of Dentistry Faculty
LOCATION: Omni Hotels and Resorts, Hilton Head, S.C.
http://www.babyoralhealthprogram.org/
http://www.prenataloralhealth.org/
The 13th Annual Distinguished Lecture in Restorative
and Esthetic Dentistry
DATE: August 25, 2017
SPEAKERS: TBD
LOCATION: The Friday Center, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Pediatric Dentistry Fall Meeting
DATE: October 6, 2017
SPEAKERS: TBD
LOCATION: The Friday Center, Chapel Hill, N.C.
The Roy B. Harrell 63rd Annual Dental Seminar Day
DATE: November 10, 2017
SPEAKERS: TBD
LOCATION: The Friday Center, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Endodontic Therapy in the General Dentist’s Office with
Hands-on Education
DATE: December 1, 2017
SPEAKERS: UNC School of Dentistry Endodontic Faculty
LOCATION: UNC School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Innovative Periodontics: Creating Success in Today’s
Dental Practice
DATE: December 1, 2017
SPEAKER: Dr. Sam Low
LOCATION: The Friday Center, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Utilizing Advanced Ultrasonics and Subgingival Air
Polishing in Periodontal Therapy
DATE: December 2, 2017
SPEAKERS: Dr. Sam Low and UNC School of Dentistry Faculty
LOCATION: UNC School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, N.C.
For more information on the courses listed please Don’t forget to check out our online offerings:
contact the Continuing Dental Education program at:
Phone: (919) 537-3400
Fax: (919) 537-3098
Email: CDE@dentistry.unc.edu
NEW URL: www.dentistry.unc.edu/cde/courses
Bowties and
Big Ideas
A Look at Dentistry’s Newest
Tar Heel Dean, Scott De Rossi
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It’s 4:30 in the morning.
While many of us are sleeping soundly
— even if just for a few extra moments —
that’s not the case for the school’s new
Dean, Scott De Rossi.
By that time in the morning, he is at the
gym, which is where he’ll stay for an hour.
Then he heads back home to get ready for
the day. He dons a suit and bowtie, picks
out a pair of his signature socks, and heads
to his office in Koury Oral Health Sciences
Building.
That is when the day really starts.
Flurries of meetings. Countless emails.
A growing number of decisions to be made
and requests which need a response.
De Rossi prioritizes his day and his
responses on a number of factors. But more
often than not, he makes a point to
prioritize time out of his office making
connections within the school walls.
A portion of almost each lunch hour is
spent in the atrium, visiting with students.
Time is set aside to go visit different
units or departments, or walk through the
clinics and say hello.
Monthly “Doughnuts with the Dean”
breakfasts are scheduled for staff, as well as
frequent small group outings with
students. After the doors of the school lock
at 6 p.m., he is still available: visiting study
clubs and attending a hockey game with
students who won a “Night with the Dean”
experience in a fundraising auction.
Nearly every Tuesday he spends time
traveling the state with the Dental
Foundation of North Carolina staff,
meeting alumni from the Atlantic Ocean
to the Appalachian Mountains.
“This is a special place, and it’s because
of the people,” said De Rossi. “I can’t
imagine any other way to be dean. It’s
important that employees, alumni and
students alike know that I value them as
people — that I value their opinions, and
that my door is open whenever they need.”
When you talk to De Rossi, it’s not hard
to figure out who influenced his approach
to leadership.
The Massachusetts native found his
way to the University of Pennsylvania
School of Dental Medicine for his dental
education, enrolling at the school in 1991.
While pursuing his Doctor of Medicine in
Dentistry degree and later his postdoctoral
training in oral medicine, the dean of the
School of Dental Medicine was Raymond J.
Fonseca. He was still dean when De Rossi
joined the faculty in the late 1990s and
became, like his parents before him, an
educator.
“I remember Dr. Fonseca being really
present for the students and, later, for the
junior faculty,” De Rossi recalled. “We all
knew he had an incredibly full plate, but he
still took time to be accessible. I think that
just stuck with me.”
While Fonseca’s impact on De Rossi’s
approach to being dean is likely some of
why he prioritizes being out of his office,
it’s hard to deny that his personality also
plays a large part.
A self-described extrovert and rarely
slow to make a joke, De Rossi has a large
personality and is at his best when he’s
interacting with people. He is equally at
ease one-on-one, talking with large groups
or giving a presentation, and makes a great
effort to ensure he is truly hearing the other
person’s input.
“I know that I can go talk to Dean
De Rossi about whatever is on my mind,”
said Korry Tauber, DDS Candidate 2018.
“He’s been really accessible to the students
during his time here, and we appreciate
that.”
To De Rossi, being available is
essentially a no-brainer.
“One of the things I’m especially
committed to is earning the trust of the
school and alumni communities. I plan to
be as transparent as possible with all our
constituents so that, together, we can
move past that state of transparency to
a state of trust,” said De Rossi. “Being
accessible and available is part of building
these relationships and letting people see
that I’m going to lead in a transparent way.”
If you find De Rossi in his office, you’re
likely to walk in and see him at his standing
desk working his way through his inbox.
Looking around you’ll see a six-foot
tall Fathead® of Rameses, book shelves
accented with photos of his family, and
walls adorned with framed degrees and
awards. The most recent addition to that set
is his Master of Business Administration,
which he completed in December 2016 just
weeks before moving to Chapel Hill. And,
a Massachusetts boy by birth, he has a
couple items in front of his Carolina blue
“It’s important
that employees,
alumni and
students alike
know that I value
them as people
— that I value
their opinions,
and that my
door is open
whenever
they need.”
“It’s so easy to
get into a habit
of doing what’s
always been done,
especially when
you’re not be
challenged to
do it differently.
I like to be the
person who
challenges the
process.”
Connect with Dean De Rossi
on social media!
Dean Scott S. De Rossi
@_deanderossi
@_deanderossi
own. That hasn’t stopped him from setting
that bar for himself and for the school at
large, though. He knows that to get there,
he’ll be relying on every faculty and staff
member, and each student, and standing
on the shoulders of the school’s storied and
accomplished alumni base.
“Pushing into the next phase of
recognition and excellence is something
that we’ll all have to work toward together,”
he explained. “When you say ‘UNC
Dentistry’ now to someone, excellence in
dentistry is already what comes to mind. I
want us to move beyond excellence. My
hope is that eventually when you say
‘dentistry’ to someone, they won’t think of
any place other than UNC.”
Right now, De Rossi is in Chapel Hill
without his family. His wife, Dr. Kate
Ciarrocca, and their daughters, Sofia and
Evie, are finishing the academic year at
their home outside of Augusta, Ga. He
made the move without them in early
January, bringing along the family pets:
their dog, Charles, and their cat, Forrest.
Most weekends, Ciarrocca, Sofia and Evie
make the roughly five hour trip to Chapel
Hill to spend time in their new hometown.
They house hunt, try out restaurants and
take in some UNC games when they’re able.
“They’re so excited to make the move,”
De Rossi said, smiling. “It was a bit of a
hard sell for my teenage girls, who’ve spent
most of their lives in Georgia, when they
realized it meant leaving all their friends.
But, as anyone who’s been to Chapel Hill
knows, it doesn’t take long to fall in love
with this place.”
Once they’re here, De Rossi doesn’t see
much changing for him — other than the
fact that he’ll get to see his daughters and
wife each night after the emails quiet down
and the meetings cease for the day.
And each day, like the one before it, will
begin at 4:30 in the morning.
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accent wall that leave no question of his
allegiance to the New England Patriots and
five-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady.
De Rossi is careful to block “do not
disturb” time on his calendar so he can
attend to deadlines without interruption,
and he takes advantage of that quiet time
in his office to examine what’s being done
and consider if it could be done better.
“It’s so easy to get into a habit of doing
what’s always been done, especially when
you’re not being challenged to do it
differently,” he said. “I like to be the person
who challenges the process. Why are we
doing something? Is the way we’re doing it
effective? Is it the most effective? Can we
improve on it? That’s what I ask myself, and
in turn that’s what I ask everyone who
works for the school.”
Indeed, De Rossi strives to be an agent
of change for the School of Dentistry. While
he strongly wants the school to preserve its
roots and its top-tier reputation, he also
wants the school community to be
unafraid to ask how the school can be
better. And when he says that, he means
the whole school community, not just the
administration.
“One of the goals of my monthly staff
“Doughnuts with the Dean” breakfast is to
encourage our staff, who are often in the
trenches and are among the first to know
about an arising pain point, to come to
me with concerns and ideas,” he said.
“I believe that change can start from
anywhere in an organization; we just
have to be open to considering it.”
Considering change is just a part of
the battle. The more difficult part can be
embracing it.
“Change is needed in dental education,
and it’s coming in the profession at large,”
said De Rossi. “I want us to be leading that
change in every way we’re able.”
That’s not a challenge he takes lightly.
De Rossi is checklist-minded and goal-oriented,
and he is nothing if not
committed to cementing the UNC School
of Dentistry as the global leader in dental
education. One of his common refrains is
that he wants “UNC Dentistry” to be as
synonymous globally with dentistry as
“Mayo Clinic” is with medicine.
He knows that’s not something that can
be done in short order, and he’s aware that
it’s not something that he can do on his
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“Change is
needed in dental
education, and
it’s coming in
the profession
at large. I want
us to be leading
that change
in every way
we’re able.”
“My hope is
that eventually
when you say
‘dentistry’ to
someone, they
won’t think of
any place other
than UNC.”
Scott S. De Rossi
DEAN AND PROFESSOR
DMD, University of Pennsylvania
School of Dental Medicine, 1995
Certificate in Oral Medicine,
University of Pennsylvania
Medical Center, 1997
MBA, Augusta University Hull
College of Business, 2016
Diplomate, American Board of
Oral Medicine
Member: ADA, ADEA, AADR
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Much like the UNC School of Dentistry,
the school’s Dental Sleep Medicine (DSM)
Clinic was built from somewhat humble
beginnings. Prior to 2009, only a modest
number of patients were referred to the
school for the treatment of sleep-disordered
breathing, and these patients
were seen typically by faculty in the
Department of Orthodontics or the
Department of Prosthodontics. The DSM
Clinic lacked its own identity. But Dr. Greg
Essick, current director of the DSM Clinic
and professor in the Department of
Prosthodontics, saw great potential.
Since January 2009 the DSM Clinic,
under Essick’s guidance, has progressively
grown to its current state. Now in its ninth
year, the clinic is a patient care, education
and research facility, and is recognized by
the school’s Dental Faculty Practice as its
own specialty clinic as of August 2016.
“We’re very fortunate here at UNC to
have such a clinic,” said Essick. “Our school
is one of very few schools that has such a
distinction, conducts research in DSM, or
provides hands-on training in DSM to
dentists in the community.”
A dedicated DSM Clinic existing is rare
for dental schools, and equally rare is that a
school’s Dental Faculty Practice would
recognize it as its own standalone clinic.
But because the clinic also supports
education and research efforts, the UNC
DSM Clinic is especially unique.
For a little more than a year now, the
DSM Clinic has existed in its own clinical
space in Tarrson Hall. This positions the
clinic well for collaborative efforts as well
as providing integrated care, as it is
situated near UNC Hospitals and in the
same building as all of the school’s other
dental clinics.
“I’m proud that the clinic is integrated
into the School of Dentistry,” said Essick.
“Being located adjacent to UNC Hospitals
enhances what we’re able to do as
providers interprofessionally for our
patients and as educators for our students.
Training experiences for students, residents
and fellows within and outside the School
of Dentistry are all available.”
For patients, the clinic can provide any
number of services, including evaluations
for oral appliance therapy and
coordination of oral appliance therapy with
CPAP therapy. The clinic accepts most
insurances in addition to Medicare and
Medicaid, and is accepting referrals.
This spring in partnership with the
American Academy of Craniofacial Pain,
Essick also offered the inaugural mini-residency
in dental sleep medicine, a
six-day continuing dental education course
that takes place over three weekends. The
spring course quickly became a sellout,
and dates have already been set for the
second offering in the spring of 2018.
Moreover, plans are underway to offer a CE
course in DSM practice management.
“It’s exciting when I think about how the
Dental Sleep Medicine program has grown
over the years, and I’m looking forward to
finding new ways to evolve the clinic in the
future,” said Essick.
A UNC Distinction:
The Dental Sleep Medicine Clinic
De Rossi: “I’m home”
BY: GARY MOSS, UNIVERSITY GAZETTE
Since his arrival as dean of the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of
Dentistry in January, Scott S. De Rossi has
made it a point to be a visible presence.
He routinely spends lunch hours in the
dental school atrium talking with students,
faculty and staff, and is a regular visitor to
the school’s various units, departments and
the dental clinic.
Chancellor Carol L. Folt singled out
De Rossi’s passion for his profession and
for people when she introduced him during
a welcoming celebration on March 30 at
the Koury Oral Health Sciences Building.
“It is wonderful to have this welcoming
ceremony because Scott has become
such a part of this community already,”
Folt said. “He has been a dynamo from
the day he arrived.”
A dynamo, she added, who sometimes
brings doughnuts.
“I heard you have a “Doughnuts with
the Dean” and I started thinking, ‘Teeth?
Doughnuts with the Dean?’”
She paused.
“So do you brush your teeth right after
eating doughnuts? I actually want to come
to that, having a sweet tooth myself.”
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost
James W. Dean Jr. said De Rossi
demonstrated his leadership ability as the
previous department chair at Augusta
University’s Dental College of Georgia.
He brings to Carolina a distinguished
scholarly record and a respected clinical
history.
But what made De Rossi rise above other
candidates for the position was his passion
about providing students with the best
education possible and patients with the
best possible care.
“While going through the process of
recruitment and selection, one of the things
that most stood out about Scott was his
contagious energy and enthusiasm for
dentistry, which is clearly heartfelt and
deeply felt and really something I
completely respect to have that sort of
passion for one’s areas of work,” Dean said.
De Rossi earned his doctor of dental
medicine degree from the University of
Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine,
graduating with highest honors, and a
certificate in oral medicine from the
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
He earned a bachelor of science degree
from Providence College, and in December,
earned a master’s degree in business
administration from Augusta University’s
Hull College of Business.
Folt noted that De Rossi comes from
Augusta – a place where wearing green
jackets is customary this time of the year.
But from the time De Rossi found out
he was coming to Carolina, Folt said,
De Rossi took to wearing Caroline blue.
De Rossi offered this explanation when he
took the stage: “I know that my success has
in no small part been due to the students,
faculty, staff and colleagues that I have
worked with over my years in academia But
I’m home. UNC is truly a special place with
special programs and special people.”
“Our students and residents are extremely
bright and passionate. Our faculty is world-renowned
and forward thinking. Our staff
is extremely hardworking and dedicated.
Our alumni are accomplished, influential
and unfailingly loyal.”
To have such a vibrant school community,
De Rossi added, is a distinction in and of
itself.
“But to have it incorporated into one of
the preeminent institutions in the world,
in the University of North Carolina, really
makes it a place that is second to none,”
De Rossi said.
“Dental medicine, like all professions, is
evolving rapidly.” Here at Carolina, he said,
“we will lead that change by developing
nimble oral health professionals” able to
adapt to shifting demographics of disease,
ready to use emerging technologies and
capable of developing new health-care
delivery models to reach more people.
“We will engage digital dentistry, both in
the classroom and in the clinic, allowing
us to better serve our students and our
patients,” De Rossi said. “And to meet the
mission of the University, we will engage
globally, bringing benefits of teaching,
research and service to individuals in
communities locally and throughout the
world.”
Photo courtesy of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Dr. N. Shaun Matthews, clinical
associate professor in the Department
of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, was
honored by the government of Barbados
with the Barbados Golden Jubilee Award.
The Barbados Golden Jubilee Award
recognizes persons from Barbados who
have lived and worked in the United
Kingdom and have performed outstanding
service in their profession. Matthews, a
native of Barbados, was selected for this
honor because of his service to the people
of Barbados through his work in the
United Kingdom in medicine and surgery.
“I am extremely honored to have
received this award, as part of the 50th
anniversary of independence of my home
country, Barbados,” said Matthews. “For
such a small island in the Caribbean that
boasts the pop star Rhianna as its most
famous export to have produced so
many individuals who have excelled
internationally in their field of endeavor is
a real tribute to the educational system on
the island. I am enormously proud to be a
Bajan and hope to continue
my charity work on the
island for many years to
come”.
Matthews received the
award at the Savoy Hotel
in London, England in late
October. The ceremony that evening
was part of the celebration of the 50th
anniversary of independence of Barbados,
which was celebrated officially on
November 30. Prime Minister of Barbados
Freundel Stuart and Sir Garfield Sobers, a
Barbados cricket legend who was knighted
by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to the
sport, presented Matthews with the honor.
After receiving all his education through
high school on the island, Matthews
ventured to United Kingdom for his
university studies: first dentistry in
Scotland, then medicine in London. He
spent three years as a resident in general
surgery and general medicine followed by
five years doing oral and maxillofacial
surgery. At the completion of his training,
he was appointed consultant at
Hammersmith Hospitals. Three years
later, he was appointed Consultant at
King’s College Hospital in London where
he remained for nine years.
During his time at King’s College
Hospital, Matthews developed an
interest in TMJ problems and created
an interdisciplinary group with pain
specialists, surgeons, psychiatrists,
physiotherapists, restorative dentists,
maxillofacial prosthetists and others to
provide comprehensive care for this
population. This team is the only
comprehensive unit of its type in the
entire UK.
Matthews is a well-known thought
leader in oral and maxillofacial surgery and
has been published widely in international
journals. He maintains membership in a
number of professional organizations,
including the American Society of TMJ
Surgeons, and has lectured and presented
abstracts at numerous professional
meetings.
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Matthews Honored by Barbados for Outstanding Service
Matthews
Members of the American Association
for Dental Research (AADR) elected Dr. J.
Timothy Wright to serve as the next vice
president of AADR. His term began at the
conclusion of the 46th AADR Annual
Meeting in San Francisco, Calif., March
22-25, 2017.
“Working with the leadership and
members of the AADR will be an exciting
and rewarding endeavor as we work to
support and advance craniofacial and
dental research,” said Wright, James
Bawden Distinguished Professor, director
of strategic initiatives and member of the
Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the
UNC School of Dentistry.
As vice president of AADR, Wright
works to support the AADR mission and
the vision of the Board of Directors. After
serving as vice president, he will remain
on the AADR Board of Directors for three
consecutive terms as president-elect,
president and immediate past president.
Since joining AADR in 1981, he has
participated in a broad range of the
Association’s activities, including serving
in the leadership of the AADR Alabama
Section and the AADR North Carolina
Section. He also served as a part of the
AADR Board of Directors as a member-at-large
from 2013-16. This year, Wright was
inducted into the inaugural class of AADR
Fellows, which is a program designed to
recognize leaders of AADR and individuals
who have served AADR in various ways
throughout their careers.
Wright earned his
DDS from West Virginia
University School of
Dentistry and an MS and
a certificate in pediatric
dentistry from the
University of Alabama at Birmingham.
His postdoctoral training includes a
fellowship in cariology research and a
teacher training fellowship in medical
genetics.
His research focuses primarily on
mineralized tissues and genetics. This
led to his election as counselor for the
International Association for Dental
Research (IADR) Mineralized Tissue Group
from 2000-05, and later as the group’s
vice president and president. Wright has
served on the IADR Science Information
Committee and Fellowships Committee.
In 2014, Wright received the IADR Basic
Research in Biological Mineralization
Award, an award considered one of IADR’s
highest honors.
Wright Elected Vice President of the American Association for Dental Research
Wright
Dr. Gustavo “Gus”
Oliveira, clinical assistant
professor in the
Department of Operative
Dentistry, has been named
the inaugural recipient of
the Academy of Operative
Dentistry’s Rising Star Faculty Award. The
newly established award recognizes and
promotes excellence in the pursuit of
teaching clinical dentistry by faculty early
in their careers.
“It is an immense honor to have been
selected as the recipient of the Academy’s
Inaugural Rising Star Faculty award,” said
Oliveira. “What a pleasant surprise! Many
different people exerted a strong influence
on me over the years. In a sense, they are
all recipients of this award too. I am also
profoundly happy to be able to represent
our Department of Operative Dentistry and
beloved UNC, and I hope to continue to do
so for many years to come!”
As the Rising Star Faculty Award
recipient, Oliveira will be formally honored
at the Academy of Operative Dentistry’s
annual meeting in February 2018. He will
receive a cash award to augment and foster
his scholarship, a commemorative award,
complimentary meeting registration and a
stipend toward travel expenses. Oliveira
will accept the award in person and also
present a table clinic
during the meeting.
“I am thrilled that
Dr. Oliveira was
selected as the
recipient of this
prestigious award. He
is indeed a rising star
with unwavering
dedication to teaching clinical dentistry.
This is a well-suited honor for Dr. Oliveira,
and a distinction of which he is very
deserving,” said Dr. André Ritter, chair of
the Department of Operative Dentistry and
author of Oliveira’s nomination.
Oliveira returned to the UNC School of
Dentistry in early
2016 after a stint
serving as an
assistant professor in
the University of
Louisville School of
Dentistry
Department of
General Dentistry
and Oral Medicine. He earned his DDS
degree from the Federal University of Santa
Catarina, Brazil, after which he practiced
for one year before relocating to the U.S.
He enrolled in the school’s Operative
Dentistry Graduate Program in 2006 and
earned his master’s and certificate in
operative dentistry in 2009, at which time
he joined the University of Louisville
faculty. He is a member of the American
Dental Association, the American Dental
Education Association and the Academy of
Operative Dentistry. Oliveira is the author
of a score of articles published in highly
regarded journals covering a number of
topics.
The Rising Star Faculty Award is
supported by the Academy of Operative
Dentistry’s Founders Fund. The biennial
award is designed to encourage, stimulate
and support early-career faculty clinicians
in their profession.
Olivera Awarded
Inaugural Academy
of Operative
Dentistry Faculty
Excellence Award
Olivera
“Working with the
leadership and members
of the AADR will be an
exciting and rewarding
endeavor as we work to
support and advance
craniofacial and dental
research.”
“Many different people
exerted a strong
influence on me over
the years. In a sense,
they are all recipients
of this award too.”
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In Memoriam
On March 2, Dr. William Douglas
Strickland, alumnus of the DDS Class of
1956 and longtime faculty member in the
Department of Operative Dentistry, passed
away at the age of 89.
Strickland enrolled at the UNC School
of Dentistry in fall 1952 as part of the DDS
Class of 1956. He graduated first in his class
and was asked to join the school’s faculty
upon his graduation. He dedicated his
career to educating students at the school,
spending 30 years as a member of the
Department of Operative Dentistry faculty.
In 1969, he won the inaugural Richard F.
Hunt, Jr. Memorial Award for Excellence in
Predoctoral Teaching, which is awarded
based on student vote and remains the
school’s highest teaching honor. After 30
years at UNC, Strickland left academia and
spent his final eight professional years in
private practice before retiring.
Prior to attending UNC, Strickland
earned his bachelor’s degree from Wake
Forest University and spent two
years in the U.S. Army.
Strickland was a fellow of
the International College of
Dentists and also the American
College of Dentists, and
recorder for the national dental
fraternity, Psi Omega.
After his retirement,
Strickland took up duck carving
and became an award-winning competitor.
Of his past times, he most enjoyed golf,
something that only his passion for the Tar
Heels surpassed. He was a member of
Antioch Baptist Church and was known
among his friends for his positive attitude
and infectious laugh.
Strickland was predeceased by his first
wife, Barbara Cheek Strickland (1993) and
his son, James Douglas Strickland (2014).
He is survived by his wife of 39
years, Lynn Taylor Strickland;
his daughter and two sons, and
their spouses; his 10
grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family
requests contributions be
made to the Dr. W. Douglas
Strickland Faculty Support
Fund (mail to: Dental Foundation of North
Carolina, Attn. Paul Gardner, Campus Box
7450, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7450); Antioch
Baptist Church Technology Ministry (1707
White Cross Rd., Chapel Hill, NC 27516);
or UNC Hospice (287 East St., Suite 221,
Pittsboro, NC 27312).
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Dr. William Douglas Strickland ’56
On February 4, Dr. Philip
Francis Hirsch, former director
of the school’s Dental Research
Center, passed away at the age
of 91.
Hirsch began his work at
UNC in 1966 when he joined
the University as a professor of
pharmacology. In 1975, he
became the director of the
Dental Research Center at the UNC School
of Dentistry. He held this position for seven
years, until 1983, and he stayed on faculty
at the school until his retirement in 1992. At
that time, he was named Professor
Emeritus of pharmacology and dental
ecology. During his time at the University,
Hirsch was awarded a one-year Kenan
Leave to pursue research at the Hospital St.
Antoine in Paris, France in 1974.
Prior to joining UNC, Hirsch served in
the U.S. Army for three years as part of the
27th Infantry Division Band.
Following his discharge from
service, Hirsch enrolled at the
University of California at
Berkeley, from which he
earned his bachelor’s degree in
chemistry in 1950 and his
doctorate degree in physiology
in 1954. Following his
graduation he relocated to
Harvard University, where he worked from
1955-64. He then worked at the Lawrence
Livermore Radiation Laboratory for two
years before joining UNC.
His research focused on hormonal
control in the metabolism of calcium.
During his time at Harvard University,
Hirsch discovered the hormone calcitonin,
which is produced by the thyroid and helps
regulate the blood’s calcium and
phosphate levels. He continued his study of
calcitonin throughout his career.
Outside of dentistry, Hirsch was
interested in politics and what is now
called “social justice.” In 1968, he was
personally thanked by Sen. Eugene
McCarthy for his assistance in Sen.
McCarthy’s run for the presidential
nomination. During the 1970s, Dr. Hirsch
was part of a slate of candidates that
successfully took over the board of the
Chapel Hill YMCA. He served the University
and his community in many other ways.
Hirsch is survived by his spouse of 60
years, Eugenia A. Hirsch; children, Steven P.
Hirsch (Elizabeth Blevins), of Ashton, Md.;
Lisa Hirsch, of Miami, FL; Kenneth Hirsch
(Marion), of Chapel Hill, N.C.; Nancy
Hirsch, of Colorado Springs, Colo.; and
seven grandchildren. He was preceded in
death by his brothers, Leo Hirsch, of San
Francisco, Calif.; and Martin Hirsch, of Los
Angeles, Calif.
Dr. Philip Francis Hirsch
UNC School of Dentistry researchers
are the first to successfully find a gene
variant associated with chronic
periodontitis in a genome-wide
association study. The discovery
was made in a large ongoing study
of the Hispanic/Latino community.
“What makes this especially
exciting is that, following the
identification of the gene variant,
we then replicated the finding in an
independent cohort,” said Dr. Anne
Sanders, associate professor in the
Department of Dental Ecology.
During their research, faculty
members identified a genome-wide
significant association signal and four
others with suggestive evidence of
association to chronic periodontitis. It
was the significant association which
was later replicated in a second study
of African-American subjects.
“This discovery has
implications for personalized medicine.
Future prevention of complex, common
diseases with a genetic basis like chronic
periodontitis will consider each patient’s
unique genetic profile. For people who
develop the disease, knowledge of this
genetic information will help dentists
choose treatment strategies that will be
most effective for the patient,” said
Sanders.
Sanders and Dr. Kimon Divaris,
associate professor in the Department of
Pediatric Dentistry, are first and senior
authors of this research, published in the
January 2017 issue of Journal of Dental
Research. Other UNC School of Dentistry
faculty who contributed to the research
were Dr. Steven Offenbacher, chair of the
Department of Periodontology and Kenan
Distinguished Professor, and Dr. Jim Beck,
Distinguished Professor in the
Department of Dental Ecology.
Sanders
Divaris
School Researchers
First to Locate Gene Variant
Linked to Chronic Periodontitis
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Faculty Receive Travel Grants to Attend ADEA
Five faculty received a travel grant from the Dental Foundation
of North Carolina to attend the 2017 American Dental Education
Association (ADEA) meeting in Long Beach, Calif. The mission
of ADEA is to lead individuals and institutions of the dental
education community to address contemporary issues
influencing education, research, and the delivery of oral health
care for the health of the public. The faculty will soon provide
a Faculty “Teach-Back” Lunch and Learn to share information
they learned at the meeting with other school faculty.
Dr. Sumitha Ahmed, Clinical Assistant Professor,
Department of Operative Dentistry
Dr. Ahmed serves as director of Preclinical Operative Dentistry,
co-director of educational research group within the
Department of Operative Dentistry, and a DDS
Clinic Group Practice director. After receiving a
Bachelor in Dental Surgery from Rajiv Gandhi
University of Health Sciences and completion of
an AEGD rotation, she practiced in India before
moving to the U.S. In the U.S., she worked in
private practice until returning to school. She
earned a Certificate in Dental Hygiene from the
school, and later her Master of Science in operative dentistry.
She is an active member of the Academy of Operative
Dentistry, ADEA and the International Association of Dental
Research.
Dr. Sun-Yung Bak, Clinical Assistant
Professor, Department of Prosthodontics
Dr. Bak is the course director for complete
dentures for the second-year dental students
and works in the Removable Clinic with third-year
dental students. Bak received her Doctor
of Dental Surgery in 1998 from the University of
Michigan School of Dentistry and completed a
general practice residency at Maimonides
Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. After 10 years
in private practice, Dr. Bak started prosthodontics training at
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, from which she
received her certificate. She then completed a fellowship in
maxillofacial prosthetics at the UCLA School of Dentistry. Bak
is a member of the American Dental Association, American
College of Prosthodontics, and American Academy of
Maxillofacial Prosthetics.
Professor Jennifer Harmon, Clinical Assistant
Professor, Department of Dental Ecology
Professor Harmon is the director of pre-clinic and clinic for
the first-year dental hygiene students, and the director of the
dental anatomy course, and prevention and
scaling course for first-year dental students.
Harmon received her Bachelor of Science in
Dental Hygiene in 2013 and her Master of
Science in Dental Hygiene Education in 2015,
both from UNC. Her master’s research project
was recognized with the 2015 IADR Outstanding
Student Abstract Award. Harmon serves as
president of the North Carolina Dental Hygienists’ Association
and also serves on the Board of Directors for the North
Carolina Caring Dental Professionals. She is also on the
International Advisory Board for the National Center for
Dental Hygiene Research and Practice.
Dr. Lew Lampiris, Clinical Associate Professor,
Department of Dental Ecology
Dr. Lampiris has served as director of the school’s Dentistry
in Service to the Community (DISC) program since July 2013.
After practicing general dentistry for 17 years,
Lampiris completed a Master in Public Health.
He served as State Dental Director in Illinois
and then as director of the American Dental
Association’s Council on Access, Prevention and
Interprofessional Relations. He is a recipient of
the Association of State and Territorial Dental
Directors Distinguished Service Award (2007),
an American Dental Association Presidential Citation (2010)
and the American Association of Public Health Dentistry’s
Distinguished Service Award (2013).
Dr. Andrea Zandona, Associate Professor,
Department of Operative Dentistry
Dr. Zandona leads the cariology curriculum at the school.
Zandona received her dental degree from Pontifícia
Universidade Católica do Paraná in Brazil, and
later earned her Master in Dental Sciences in
operative dentistry and a PhD in dental sciences
from Indiana University. She was a faculty
member at Indiana University until 2013, at
which time she joined UNC. Zandona has been
a member of the International Caries Detection
and Assessment System Committee and the
International Caries Classification and Management System
since their inception. She currently serves as vice president for
the CAMBRA Coalition. Zandona is a leading researcher in
caries detection, risk assessment and management, and has
published and lectured on prevention and management of
dental caries.
Formal Mentoring Program Updates:
The Formal Mentoring Program, implemented in March 2013
for all assistant professors in the School of Dentistry, currently
has 24 mentoring teams. There are four mentoring teams for
associate professors, for a total of 28 teams. Approximately
54 faculty (in addition to the 28 mentees) are participating on
mentoring teams. The program continues to receive national
recognition. At the 2017 ADEA meeting, Rebecca Wilder,
professor of Dental Ecology and director of Faculty
Development; Dr. Jessica Lee, chair and Demeritt Distinguished
Professor in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry; and
Dr. Janet Guthmiller, former associate dean for Academic
Affairs at UNC and current dean at the University of Nebraska
Medical Center College of Dentistry, presented a workshop
entitled, “Beyond Boundaries: Professional Development
through Mentoring and Academic Career Planning.”
facultyDEVELOPMENT
School Again Participates in Academy of
Academic Leadership
The Academy of
Academic Leadership
(AAL) is an organization
that provides
customized professional
development,
leadership training and
consulting services for
more than 100 higher
education institutions
throughout the world.
One of their offerings
is the Institute for
Teaching and Learning
(ITL) which is a
collaborative effort of the ADEA and the AAL. The ITL is
offered once per year in Atlanta, Ga. Current faculty and those
considering an academic position can participate in a two-phase
(on-site in Chapel Hill), six and one-half days, with
distance education modules between phases. Since 2007, more
than 23 full-time dental school faculty have graduated from the
ITL and enhanced their teaching because of the training they
received.
Two faculty completed the 2016 ITL: Dr. Sun-Yung Bak, clinical
assistant professor in the Department of Prosthodontics, and
Professor Tiffanie White, clinical assistant professor in the
Department of Dental Ecology. White was awarded an ADEA
Faculty of Color Scholarship to attend the ITL that paid for her
tuition.
Another joint offering of ADEA and AAL is the Chairs and
Academic Administrators Management Program (CAAMP), a
three-day workshop designed to enhance attendees’
management skills. Dr. N. Shaun Matthews, clinical associate
professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,
attended that workshop on an ADEA/AAL Faculty of Color
Tuition Scholarship for Professional Development.
Lampiris
Bak
Zandona
Ahmed
Harmon
Wilder Lee Guthmiller
Bak White Matthews
Since 2007, more than
23 full-time dental school
faculty have graduated
from the ITL and enhanced
their teaching because of
the training they received.
Clinical Update Series
Dr. Tim Wright, Bawden
Distinguished Professor of
Pediatric Dentistry, taught
the fall and spring Clinical
Update Series on the topic
of Silver Diamine Fluoride.
Wright
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STUDENT NEWS
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Dr. Tim Turvey was invited to speak
at the American Cleft Palate Craniofacial
Association Annual Meeting and also
the International Congress of Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery meeting.
Drs. Glenn Reside and Raymond White
were authors in a study published in
the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery entitled “Buffered Versus
Non-buffered Lidocaine with
Epinephrine for Mandibular Nerve
Block: Clinical Outcomes.”
Dr. Jessica Lee and Dr. Tim Wright
were invited to lecture at the annual
meeting of the Royal College of
Surgeons Ireland in Dublin, Ireland in
October 2017.
Dr. Flavia Teles has been nominated
to become an editorial board member
of the Journal of Dental Research. She
also has been appointed as a member
of the 2017-18 American Association
of Dental Research Edward H. Hatton
Awards committee. Most recently, she
received the IADR Women in Science
Award for Distinguished Research.
Dr. Pei Feng Lim has been appointed
as a site visitor for Advanced Orofacial
Programs, for the Commission on
Dental Accreditation.
Dr. Tim Wright presented at the
inaugural Dubai Pediatric Dentistry
Meeting and also as keynote speaker of
The Ohio State University College of
Dentistry Research Day.
Dr. Shaoping Zhang received the
inaugural Gold Medal Fellowship from
the American Dental Association.
Dr. Ashraf Fouad received the
Distinguished Scientist Award for Pulp
Biology and Regeneration from the
International Association of Dental
Research (IADR), at the IADR Meeting
in San Francisco, on March 22. He also
just published his textbook, Endodontic
Microbiology.
Dr. Michael Milano was presented with a
Golisano Health Leadership Award by
Special Olympics North Carolina for his
work with SONC providing free dental
exams, oral hygiene instruction and
mouth guards. He also won the Triangle
Business Journal 2017 Health Care Hero
Award.
Dr. Amelia Drake has been appointed
president-elect of the American Cleft
Palate-Craniofacial Association.
Dr. Lew Lampiris was installed as chair
of the Community and Preventive
Dentistry Section for the American
Dental Education Association.
Dr. Luiz Pimenta and Dr. Margot Stein
were pre-conference symposium speakers
at the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial
Association meeting.
Dr. Mike Roberts was appointed to the
American Board of Pediatric Dentistry
as an oral section examiner. He also was
elected president of the North Carolina
Academy of Pediatric Dentistry last
October.
Dr. Sylvia Frazier-Bowers was appointed
chair of the American Association of
Orthodontists Council on Scientific
Affairs.
Dr. Valerie Murrah represented the
American Academy of Oral and
Maxillofacial Pathology at the Intersociety
Pathology Council Meeting held in San
Antonio, Tex. in March at the U.S. and
Canadian Academy of Pathology Meeting.
The Intersociety Pathology Council is the
combined voice of all of the pathology
organizations in the U.S. and Canada.
Dr. Kimon Divaris presented at the
Carolina Center for Genome Sciences
and also at the Healthy Futures: Engaging
the Oral Health Community in Childhood
Obesity Prevention National Conference.
Dr. Luiz Pimenta was selected as a
participant in the American Association
of State Colleges and Universities’s
Emerging Leaders Program.
facultyNOTES
De’ja Alexander, DDS Candidate 2018,
was recently elected president of the
Student National Dental Association
(SNDA). She will serve in this capacity for
the national SNDA organization for one
academic year beginning July 2017.
“I am honored and delighted to serve as
the Student National Dental Association’s
next president,” said Alexander. “It will be
my pleasure to serve the committed
members of SNDA. I am looking forward
to working with the 2017-18 National
Executive Board and tackling the 2017-18
strategic plan.”
Alexander previously served the
national SNDA organization as its national
corresponding secretary. In that role,
she worked to increase communication
between the national executive board and
local chapters of SNDA. In her role as
president, she will work closely with the
national SNDA executive board to advance
the SNDA mission of providing access
to the underserved and to continue
improving the educational and social
experiences of minority students in dental
school.
“We’re incredibly proud of De’ja and
her election to this national position,” said
Scott S. De Rossi, school dean and
professor. “She is a leader here at UNC
and we know she’ll do a wonderful job
as president of the national SNDA
organization.”
Dr. Sylvia Frazier-Bowers, SNDA UNC
chapter faculty advisor, echoed De Rossi’s
comments: “Not only is De’ja a leader here
at UNC, she is an emerging
leader in the dental
profession. It never ceases
to amaze me how organized,
timely and creative she is in
her approach to serving the
organization. This election
represents a big accomplishment for De’ja,
but is most definitely something that
makes UNC SNDA proud.”
Alexander Elected
Student National
Dental Association
President
In March, the Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) held an open board meeting
during which they discussed fluoridation in water. The discussion was prompted by a serv-ice
outage that was, in part, due to the overfluoridation of water at one OWASA plant.
That meeting was of particular interest to the UNC School of Dentistry school community,
and eight DDS students, as well as a number of faculty members, attended the meeting.
Ann Danello, DDS Candidate 2019, spoke before the board in favor of fluoridation.
“The testimony coming from our students was powerful
and compelling, as evidenced by the careful attention of
the board members when Ann spoke before the board,”
said Dr. Lew Lampiris, director of the Dentistry in Service
to Communities program and faculty advisor for ENNEAD,
our school’s chapter of the American Association of
Public Health Dentistry. “We should all be very proud.”
Chair of the OWASA Board of Directors, John Young, sent
an email to the group following the meeting. It said, in part,
“Thank you for sharing the views of the UNC student chapter
of the American Association of Public Health Dentistry.
Ms. Danello, thank you for speaking at last night’s meeting. I personally appreciated your
message about bringing a youthful, questioning mind to the consideration of fluoride.”
Following the board meeting, OWASA decided not to conduct another in-depth review of
the policy of adding fluoride to water, meaning the current policy of fluoridation will stand.
Alexander
Students Speak Up for Fluoridation
“She is a leader here at UNC and we know she’ll do a wonderful
job as president of the national SNDA organization.”
Dean Scott De Rossi
CORRECTION — In the last issue
of the North Carolina Dental Review,
we failed to include all the faculty
development program mentors.
Here is the completion of that list:
Dr. Morris Weinberger
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Dr. Jane Weintraub
Department of Dental Ecology
Dr. Bernard Weissman
UNC School of Medicine
Dr. Al Wilder
Department of Operative Dentistry
Professor Rebecca Wilder
Department of Dental Ecology
Dr. Tim Wright
Department of Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Mitsuo Yamauchi
Department of Periodontology
Dr. Thom Ziemiecki
Department of Prosthodontics
.
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On Friday, Feb. 3, more than 200
volunteers welcomed more than 100
Durham Early Head Start three-year-olds to
the UNC School of Dentistry for free dental
services and overall health education. The
event was the fourth annual Give Kids a
Smile Day held at UNC.
The children received dental treatment
from UNC School of Dentistry student
dentists, hygienists and residents. The care,
provided more than 70 of the attending
children, included an oral screening,
fluoride varnish treatment and, when
necessary, referral to another facility for
further dental care. If provided through
private practice, the care would have cost
approximately $5,900 in total.
“There are scary noises. There’s water.
There’s suction. There’s buzzing. There are
motors. I can understand that [coming to
the dentist] can be scary and
overwhelming,” said Natalie Dunlop, DDS
candidate 2018 and event co-chair. “We
just want to show them that it’s not scary.”
The school’s Give Kids a Smile Day
event is different than most because it’s an
interprofessional event. In addition to
receiving dental care, the children attend a
health fair. Volunteers from dentistry were
joined by those from the UNC School of
Medicine, the UNC School of Nursing, the
Eshelman School of Pharmacy, the Gillings
School of Global Public Health and UNC
athletics to offer a focus on overall health.
The multi-station health fair included one
station designed to get the children
moving, a “Be the Dentist” station where
the children dressed like a dentist, and a
variety of other stations that shared
information on hand washing, the
difference in medicine and candy, good
nutrition habits, how your body works, and
how to brush your teeth.
“By bringing the three-year-olds, we
permeate the [Head Start] centers with
knowledge about health care,” said Deric
Boston, the health manager at Durham
Head Start. “This type of event helps them
to deal with some of their preconceived
notions. If their family is not pressed to go
to the dentist, this gives them a desire to
get themselves to the dentist.”
Dunlop planned the event with fellow
co-chairs Taylor Harlan and Janice Ko, both
DDS candidates 2018, co-chair Jaehee Yoo,
DDS candidate 2019, and a committee
made up primarily of student volunteers.
The school’s Give Kids a Smile Day was
again held in conjunction with the
American Dental Association’s annual Give
Kids a Smile Day, a program that began 15
years ago to address and raise awareness of
untreated dental disease in children.
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Students Provide Nearly $6,000 in
Free Dental Care to Local Children
“We just want to show
[kids] that it’s not scary.”
GIVE KIDS A SMILE DAY 2017
Natalie Dunlop, DDS candidate 2018 and event co-chair
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Each year, our rising fourth-year students participate in the
Department of Dental Ecology’s Dentistry in Service to
Communities (DISC) program. The extramural program, which
is one of the nation’s first service learning programs, has been
in existence for more than 45 years and is considered a model
program for other dental schools. Participation in the DISC
extramural rotation is a required part of the DDS curriculum.
“Service learning allows students to witness the disproportionate burden of oral disease
manifest in underserved and vulnerable populations,” said Dr. Lew Lampiris, director of
the DISC program. “The program provides our students the opportunity to hone their
clinical skills and, of equal if not greater importance, to experience the rewards of servicing
a diverse patient population. Students develop an experiential understanding of the
environmental and social determinants that impact individual population and oral health.”
The goals of the program are to
expose the students to patients
unlike those usually seen at the
UNC School of Dentistry and
also to provide students an
opportunity to observe and
participate in a variety of
different community-based
health care systems. The
assignments the students receive for their rotation are vast; many conduct their rotations
at federally qualified health centers, county public health clinics, correctional centers and
hospitals in both rural and urban areas throughout N.C. and the nation.
“No matter what path our students chose for their dental career, all the students feel as
though they benefit greatly from these rotations,” said Dr. Lampiris. “It’s an experience
we’re proud to offer to our students during their education here at UNC.”
DDS StudentsDISC
Serve through
The program exposes students to patients unlike
those usually seen at the UNC School of Dentistry
and provides them an opportunity to participate in
a variety of community-based health care systems.
SPECIAL SECTION
The American Dental Association
Foundation (ADAF) awarded the UNC
School of Dentistry’s Student National
Dental Association (SNDA) with this year’s
E. Bud Tarrson Dental School Student
Community Leadership Award. The award
recognizes SNDA’s work at its CAARE clinic,
based in Durham, N.C., where SNDA
provides free dental care to adults.
“The SNDA chapter never ceases to
amaze me with their intellect and energy
and professionalism in service,” said Sylvia
Frazier-Bowers, associate professor in the
Department of Orthodontics. “These bright
and compassionate students show a rare
dedication to making a difference in the
community and world through service. The
CAARE clinic is a model of service and
learning that benefits the community and
the students’ dental education. We are so
proud of the impact that their contribution
makes for the school and the community at
large. This award is certainly befitting of
their tireless efforts all year long!”
The SNDA CAARE Clinic was
established to help bridge the gap in access
to care for the underserved population in
Durham. It was inspired by Vincent Allison,
DDS ’87, current president of the Old North
State Dental Society and adjunct associate
professor at the school. Since its inception
in 2012, students have provided oral care,
oral health education, nutritional
counseling, and overall health and wellness
screenings at no cost to patients. Last year
alone, students provided more than
$40,000 worth of free dental care. Care is
provided three Tuesdays and one
Wednesday a month during school
semesters.
“None of this would be possible without
the dedication and support from our
CAARE Clinic advisors Dr. Allison and Dr.
Webster-Cyriaque, and the countless
volunteer hours from our SNDA members.
They are truly committed to making a
difference and serving the underserved,”
said Keyachtta Hawkins, CAARE Clinic
head coordinator and president of UNC
SNDA. “We are grateful to receive this
award as it will be a tremendous help in
obtaining the instruments and materials
we need to allow us to improve the quality
of care and the number of patients we are
able to treat.”
As head coordinator, Hawkins works
closely with other student clinic
coordinators: Tariq Jah, Donna Thomas,
Brittany Spruiell, Tempestt Head and
Christian Hart.
The Tarrson award, valued at $5,000, is
given to dental school programs
demonstrating excellence in providing care
for underserved populations within the
United States. SNDA CAARE Clinic was
one of seven programs selected to
receive this honor.
Durham-based
Student-led Dental Clinic
Wins National Award
“The CAARE clinic is a model of service
and learning that benefits the community
and the students’ dental education.”
Sylvia Frazier-Bowers
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I already had a vision of what public health
dentistry would look like: dimly lit, poorly
outfitted operatories in a run-down county health
department building. A dental team disinterested
in patient care, with a pervasive “I’m over it”
sentiment. A clinic fraught with no-shows and poor
patient compliance, acting as a safety net for those
who just wanted a tooth extracted. My first day did
little to change that image, and I began preparing
myself to slowly but surely fall into this same
mindset.
However, the second day I was greeted by the
clinic director and began to see public health
dentistry in an entirely new light. I learned that
while it is still the safety net for the community,
many patients came to this office by choice with
private insurance. The care they provide is high
quality and they do more than just extract teeth.
While there, I was able to do a lot of removable,
which changed the lives of the
patients who had gone years
without teeth. Patient compliance
with appointments was impressive.
Patients returned for recall visits,
not only when they had a problem.
I realized that public health
dentistry can take care of the
maligned individual, making them feel as though
they belong, rather than making them feel like
they’re here only because there is nowhere else
to turn.
I saw how creating an environment in which
patients feel they are being treated the same
regardless of their socioeconomic status makes a
difference. The patients did not dread being there.
Private pay patients were treated the same as
patients on Medicaid. Because the patients were
treated well, they were more likely to come for
recalls and to complete treatment plans, rather
than only when they were in pain. Honestly, I
had not expected a public health clinic to have
any sort of recall system set up at all.
I left with a greater appreciation for public
health dentistry and the realization that my
assumptions were completely invalid. Provider
attitude can truly impact the patient’s compliance
and the patient’s comfort in the dental chair. Being
treated as though they matter leads patients to
make changes that improve their overall oral health.
It leads to a clinic that is more modeled after private
practice than a county health department. The
safety net is still there, but this practice sought more
to positively impact its community than to provide a
one-time service to an ailing patient. Going in to
this rotation, I could not have imagined coming
away with such a positive and hopeful outlook on
the future of public health.
Colven
Dispelling Assumptions
Gaston Family Health Services
Preston Colven
DDS Candidate 2018
This summer, I had the opportunity to rotate
through the Stanly County Health Department
pediatric dental office and work with one of the only
public health pediatric dentists in North Carolina.
She and her staff have a huge impact on the
community, especially the underserved children
who live there.
One afternoon we received a call from a mother
whose 12-year-old daughter’s teeth were bothering
her. When we saw her that afternoon, she was not in
any extreme pain, but several of her permanent
teeth had decay severe enough to require
extractions. The attending went on to discuss
treatment options with the mother and the child
was rescheduled to have several of her teeth
extracted a few days later.
The mother seemed unsurprised during the
visit, and the little girl didn’t seem to mind either. All
I could think was that this young girl was having her
teeth extracted. As a high schooler she would most
likely need a partial as her family could not afford
implants. I felt surprisingly emotional after the
patient left. I kept thinking about what it would be
like to go to sleepovers or play sports and have a
partial to worry about. Adolescence is hard enough
as it is.
When I think about this little girl, I think about
all of the other underserved children who had or
will have similar experiences. The parents of these
children likely shared similar experiences as
children. Without oral health education, none of
them stand a chance to move out of this situation.
How does the cycle stop? As a dental
professional, it is our role to educate families and
individuals about dental health. In-office education
is great and there are excellent programs being
implemented to help educate individuals and break
the cycle of poor dental health, but this is not
enough. There will always be
marginalized populations that
cannot be reached. This seems
negative, but I believe it to be
realistic. Fortunately, when these
individuals do have needs, we
will be there.
It pains me to think of the
12-year-old who will go through the rest of her life
without her teeth because she didn’t know any
better, but at some level I feel that we have to accept
this is reality. We can’t be superheroes, but we can
make every difference possible by staying active
in our profession and continuing to implement
innovative ways to educate the public. It is an
important part of my life and practice to ensure I do
all I can to educate and care for the community I
live in, and in doing so, I hope to expand my reach
to those marginalized groups.
Hamilton
Committing to Making a Difference
Stanly County Health Department
Phillip Hamilton
DDS Candidate 2017
All I could think was that this young girl was having
her [permanent] teeth extracted.
Being treated as though they matter leads patients to
make changes that improve their overall health.
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Short buzz. Wait. Long buzz. Large metal door
swings open. My days at the North Carolina
Correctional Institute for Women always began the
same. And suddenly, I was in a different world,
where straws are forbidden and a lucky few have
FM radios which are clear.
I felt guilty as I walked past dozens of women
merely passing time in their beige gowns. Rather
than intimidated, I felt sorry for whatever life
circumstances, mental illness, drug addiction or
poor choices had led these women here. With loving
parents, a structured home and expectations of
higher education, I had resources that many of
these women never had.
I felt especially vulnerable when observing a
particular consultation for an inmate. The patient,
a frail 18-year-old, reported being seven months
pregnant. She was quiet, timid and unwilling to
elaborate on her medical history.
We moved on to check her chief
complaint: a toothache. For the
first time, she put her head back,
stretched her mouth open and
pointed to the “spot.”
I had seen my fair share of
“meth mouth” in the prison. This
youthful, pregnant, beautiful girl, in her yellow
gown and a slight clutch of her belly, was not
someone I pegged to have such dental wreckage.
Every anterior tooth had large, glossy, black
expanses, when there was tooth structure left at
all … but she had yet to lose a crown.
She had a maxillary premolar causing her the
most pain, and the attending explained it would
need to be pulled. She began crying, asking for
alternatives and also for a mirror. I held out a hand
mirror for her, as she pointed to the premolar. She
then tried to smile. When she realized the extracted
site would be visible, she began crying again.
My heart ached for her. Sober, pregnant and
scared, it was clear she would be permanently
changed. So much was probably going “wrong” in
her life, and her vulnerability was heightened by the
loss of a single tooth and the change in her smile.
The attending was obligated to share with her all
of the teeth which were non-restorable. I watched
how delicately he explained that many of her teeth
were too far decayed, and how infection could cause
health concerns. It was reiterated that should she
choose not to extract all of the teeth, a dentist
outside of the prison may be able to perform
endodontics and fixed prosthodontics, but
prognosis is affected by drug use.
By the time the patient left, years and decisions
and lifestyle changes had caught up with her. I will
never forget what a sensitive discussion that was,
and how much the truth hurt her.
Hobbs
Extracting Kindness
North Carolina Correctional Institute for Women
Laura Hobbs
DDS Candidate 2017
And suddenly, I was in a different world, where straws
are forbidden and a lucky few have FM radios...
He explained that they didn’t get paid for five days
and they weren’t sure they could afford [antibiotics].
During my rotation at the general dental clinic of
McGees Crossroads, a husband and wife presented
to the clinic due to the wife’s urgent dental issue.
She arrived first thing hoping to be
seen as a walk-in. Several hours
later, I had the opportunity to
examine her. She had extensive
decay with pulpal involvement
on tooth 19. An active infection
had resulted in a large amount of
exta-oral swelling, which had
progressed rapidly the night prior. She went to
the emergency room late the night before and was
now at our clinic for treatment.
After extracting the tooth, we discussed pain
management options and the need for an antibiotic.
She said she didn’t want prescription pain
medication and asked for alternatives, which I
provided. Then I gave her the prescription for the
antibiotic. Her husband asked me what would
happen if she didn’t take the antibiotic. Curious, I
inquired about his concerns. He explained they
didn’t get paid for five days and they weren’t sure
they could afford it. This was also why she didn’t
want pain medication. For me, his answer had
major implications. They understood how serious
the condition was, but their financial situation was
so dire that they considered placing her under
further medical risk.
Initially, I was shocked and I fought the urge to
demand they fill the prescription. Instead I gathered
my thoughts and expressed my apologies for their
predicament. I reemphasized the importance of the
medication and requested that, if possible, they try
and fill the prescription. I suggested that they call
different pharmacies in hopes of finding it as cheap
as possible. They thanked me and left.
Once gone, I reflected on what happened. I
continued to struggle with the fact that we weren’t
discussing buying a new gadget or piece of clothing.
This was something so basic, so needed …
something that, if not taken, could have serious
consequences. As I thought about their situation, I
realized I have never faced a decision like that. For
maybe the first time, I truly felt empathy for those
that regularly face those choices.
This experience taught me how real the need is
for people to have access to affordable dental care.
Ultimately, my rotations raised my awareness for
the underserved populations and increased my
desire to prioritize giving back to those in need,
regardless of the geographic location or type of
office I work in.
Thomas
Allowances of Compassion
McGees Crossroads
Jordan Thomas
DDS Candidate 2017
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FOUNDATION NEWS
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During our walk-in hours on Thursday at
CommWell Health Center, a woman presented
with swelling leading to difficulty breathing. We
found that this patient had come in for phase one
of root canal treatment, but never came back for
completion. As a result, the canal had become
reinfected, leading to another periapical abscess
and swelling. My preceptor wrote a prescription
with the intention of telling the patient to come
back to finish the treatment.
As we walked into the operatory to deliver the
news, the patient was on the phone yelling, “What
do you mean it is being cut? This day could not get
any worse.” My immediate reaction was to walk out
of the room, but my preceptor took a seat near the
computer. So I remained in the room, staring at the
ground.
The woman got off of the phone and explained
that she woke up with the pain, she had been
struggling with getting food stamps, and that she
just found out her Medicaid
check was being cut. I felt very
overwhelmed by everything she
was saying. I thought back to the
Poverty Simulation and
remembered our “family”
struggling to get food stamps, take
care of the kids and pay bills. As
my mind wandered, my preceptor calmly said, “Just
breathe and know it is in God’s hands.” I could sense
the patient calm down a bit. My preceptor explained
that the pain was due to re-infection of the canal
and she would need to restart root canal treatment.
The patient expressed concern about the cost and,
without being prompted, the dental assistant
silently slipped out. She returned, having found
out that the treatment had been paid in full. The
patient began to tear up, expressing gratitude for
the good news on a day where everything seemed
to be going wrong.
I was impressed with how the dental team
worked together. Once the dental assistant became
aware of the situation, she left to check on the
financial status of this patient’s account. While first
taken aback that my preceptor took a seat in the
operatory while the patient was having a private
conversation, I saw how it allowed for the
discussion that needed to happen about finances.
This was an excellent reminder that the
responsibilities of a dentist go beyond merely fixing
a dental problem.
There is no class that can prepare one to deal
with situations like this, and I am now better
equipped to deal with similar situations in the
future. I will remember that it is my professional
responsibility to improve the patient’s quality of life
whether that be through dentistry or through
compassion.
Uraizee
Stopping to Understand
CommWell Health Center
Sofia Uraizee
DDS Candidate 2017
The responsibilities of a dentist go beyond merely
fixing a dental problem.
2016-17 Scholarship, Fellowship and Award Recipients
SCHOLARSHIPS
Claude Adams Jr. Scholarship
Dr. Claude Adams III established this fund to honor the memory
of his late father, Dr. Claude Adams, Jr., a dentist in Durham.
Sarah Lowman, Class of 2019
Richard Chu, Class of 2020
Minka Hotic, Class of 2019
Katrina Ashlin, Class of 2019
Asset Protection Group and Fortress Scholarship
Asset Protection Group is a friend and supporter of the dental
school, and has set up this scholarship to help students pay for
the cost of their education.
Caitlin Thomas, Class of 2017
The John and Charles Aycock Scholarship
Dr. Aycock, an alumnus of the DDS Class of 1967, established this
scholarship in his name and his father’s name to help students
manage the cost of their education.
Lindsey Pherribo, Class of 2017
Best of Dentistry Scholarship
This merit-based scholarship, which focuses on academic and/or
clinical excellence, is made possible by the donors and alumni
that attend the annual Best of Dentistry Weekend events.
Caroline Latta, Class of 2017
Dr. Rex B. Card Scholarship
Dr. Card, a 1980 graduate of the school, practices dentistry in
Raleigh and is a past-president of the North Carolina Dental
Society and also the North Carolina Academy of General Dentistry.
Sarah Spaltenstein, Class of 2019
Carolina First Campaign Scholarship
Made possible by many generous donors to the School of
Dentistry’s Carolina First Campaign.
Anne Boehling, DDS Class of 2017
Caroline Brown, DH Cass of 2018
Deborah Simmers, DA Class of 2017
Dr. Robert Russell Clark Memorial Scholarship
Made possible by a generous bequest from the late Anne Mills
Clark to honor her husband, Dr. Robert Russell Clark.
Mohammed Ali Ebn Alnassir, Class of 2018
Brian Swift, Class of 2017
Benjamin Johnson, Class of 2019
Benjamin Caple, Class of 2019
Taylor Sulkowski, Class of 2018
Dr. Roy Corderman Merit Scholarship
Created with an estate gift from the late Dr. Corderman, DDS ’55.
Abby Becherer, Class of 2018
Dr. and Mrs. Curtis Dailey Scholarship
Established in 2002.
Grant Fisher, Class of 2018
Delta Dental Plan of North Carolina Scholarship in Honor of
Dr. Glenn Bitler
A means of honoring Dr. Glenn Bitler, a former Delta Dental board
member and dentist in Raleigh.
Michelle Ruse, Class of 2019
Dental Assisting Scholarship
Made possible by many generous supporters.
Jennifer Cortez-Zamora, DA Class of 2017
Dental Friends Scholarship
Mr. and Mrs. H. Franklin Brooks, parents of School of Dentistry
graduate Richard Brooks, established this scholarship in 2001.
LaShawn Hart, Class of 2019
DFNC Merit Scholarship
Dr. David Jarvis from Rocky Mount, N.C. led the effort to create this
recurring scholarship.
Kate McPherson, Class of 2020
Alberta Dolan Dental Hygiene Scholarship
To honor Ms. Dolan, a dental hygiene professor emeritus, who worked at
the school for 30 years, beginning in January 1953 before the first dental
hygiene class came to campus the following September.
Katrina Knapp, DH Class of 2017
Janet and Dr. Charles Edrington Scholarship
This scholarship honors Janet Edrington and her late husband, Charlie
Edrington, who was a graduate of the University of Tennessee College of
Dentistry who practiced general dentistry in Sanford, NC for many years.
Christopher Von Bargen, Class of 2019
Dr. Randy and Mrs. Bobby Fussell Scholarship
This scholarship was established by Dr. Randy Fussell and his wife, Bobby.
Dr. Fussell is a 1990 graduate of the DDS program and his wife is also a
UNC-CH grad (1986 BSRS).
Haldis Anderson, Class of 2018
Glazener Family Scholarship
Established by Dr. and Mrs. Ken Glazener. Dr. Glazener has practiced
dentistry in North Carolina for many years, and his son, Todd, DDS ’99,
currently practices in Winston-Salem.
Tariq Jah, Class of 2019
Dr. James Baldwin Hancock Memorial Scholarship
Dr. Tom Browder established this scholarship to honor the memory of
his friend and mentor, Dr. James Hancock.
Evan Moore, Class of 2019
Miguel and Carolina Hernandez Memorial Scholarship
Dr. Dag Zapatero, along with his family and friends, established this
scholarship to honor the memory of his grandparents, Miguel and
Carolina Hernandez.
Megan Valdes, Class of 2019
Harald and Karen Heymann Scholarship for Academic Excellence
Established by Dr. and Mrs. Harald O. Heymann. Dr. Heymann
graduated from the school in 1978 and taught for many years in the
school's Department of Operative Dentistry.
Lindsey White, Class of 2019
The Dental Foundation of North Carolina honors those donors and
recipients of the Foundation’s endowed scholarships, fellowships
and awards. These endowments permitted the Foundation to
award more than $625,000 to dental assisting, dental hygiene,
DDS and post-DDS students for the 2016-17 academic year.
Mrs. Margaret & Dr. Bobby C. Raynor and Mrs. Jane & Dr.
George W. Ferguson Scholarship
Both Dr. and Mrs. B.C. Raynor are graduates and loyal supporters of
UNC. The Raynors established this scholarship to honor Mrs. Raynor’s
parents, Mrs. Jane Boos Ferguson and Dr. George William Ferguson.
Preston Colven, Class of 2017
Mrs. Margaret & Dr. Bobby C. Raynor and Mrs. Gretchen and
Dr. Robert A. Garcia Scholarship
The Raynors established this scholarship to honor Mrs. Raynor’s
sister, Gretchen Garcia and Mrs. Garcia’s late husband, Dr. Robert
Anthony Garcia.
Preston Ford, Class of 2018
Mrs. Margaret and Dr. Bobby C. Raynor-Harrell, Stamm, and
Gardner Scholarship
The Raynors established this scholarship to honor School of
Dentistry campaign leaders, Dr. James A. Harrell, Sr. and wife, Isabel;
Dr. John W. Stamm (UNC School of Dentistry Dean, 1989-2004,
Interim Dean 2010-2011) and wife, Dr. Carol Stamm; and Associate
Dean for Advancement Paul Gardner and wife, Ronni, for their
outstanding roles in the development of the UNC School of
Dentistry and the Dental Foundation of North Carolina.
Robert Porter, Class of 2020
Mrs. Margaret & Dr. Bobby C. Raynor and Mrs. Helen and
Dr. Murry W. Holland Scholarship
The Raynors established this scholarship to honor one of
Dr. Raynor’s favorite UNC School of Dentistry professors and
his wife, Dr. Murry W. Holland and Mrs. Helen H. Holland.
Kathryn McTigue, Class of 2018
Mrs. Margaret & Dr. Bobby C. Raynor and Mrs. Myra and
Dr. Monte G. Miska Scholarship
The Raynors established this scholarship to honor one of
Dr. Raynor’s favorite UNC School of Dentistry professors and
his wife, the late Dr. Monte G. Miska and Mrs. Myra Phelps Miska.
Logan Icenhour, Class of 2019
Mrs. Bertie Eleanor Raynor & Mr. Dervy William Raynor
Scholarship
The Raynors established this scholarship to honor Dr. Raynor’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dervy Raynor.
Danielle Burgess, Class of 2020
Dr. Scott R. Rehm Scholarship
This scholarship was established by Dr. Scott R. Rehm, a 1983
graduate of the BSDen program and a 1986 graduate of the DDS
program.
Megan Hayworth, Class of 2018
Eugene Rossitch Family Scholarship Fund
The late Mr. Rossitch was the father of two dental school graduates
(Alex and Michael) and the grandfather of another dental school
graduate (Katie). He loved his family and UNC, and saw this
scholarship as a good way to honor his family and the University.
Warren Byrd, Class of 2018
Dr. and Mrs. J. Ronald Sain Scholarship
Dr. Ron Sain and his wife, Karen, established this scholarship to
help students and to provide quality dental care to the people of
their region of the state.
Kristin Allison, Class of 2019
Jack P. and Grace Silvers Scholarship
The late Dr. Jack Silvers was a 1958 DDS and 1966 orthodontics
graduate who established this scholarship in 1988.
Erica Afanador, Class of 2017
Nehemiah Lawson, Class of 2019
Dr. Troy B. Sluder, Jr. Scholarship
Dr. Roy Corderman, DDS ’55, and his wife Ann established this
fund to honor their friend Dr. Troy Sluder, a beloved professor and
classmate of Dr. Corderman’s.
Kathryn Knier, Class of 2019
Clarence Lee Sockwell Scholarship
Dr. Sockwell is one of the teaching legends at the UNC School of
Dentistry. In addition to his expertise in dentistry, Dr. Sockwell has a
farming background, and he hopes to help other students from
farming communities.
Yiing-Shiuan Huang, Class of 2020
Dr. John B. Sowter Merit Scholarship
Made possible by a generous bequest by the late Dr. Jack Sowter
and his wife, Jackie.
Alyssa Wolff, Class of 2017
John Harvey Spell, Jr. DDS Memorial Scholarship
Elnaz Garah-Bash, Class of 2019
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. “Dink” Styers Scholarship
Dr. and Mrs. Styers wanted to honor his father and mother with
this fund that they established in 1999.
Meagan Laframboise, Class of 2019
Thomas P. Hinman Scholarship
This scholarship is provided by the Hinman Dental Society and is
given to DDS students who demonstrate academic merit in the field
of Operative Dentistry.
Michael Touloupas, Class of 2019
Sarah Barker, Class of 2017
Dr. Edmund Baxter Hopkins Memorial Scholarship
Established by Dr. Ken Glazener, friends and family of Dr. Edmund B.
Hopkins, a ’58 graduate of the school, who passed away in 2001.
Ryan Kearney, Class of 2019
Linda Paschall Jarvis Scholarship
Established by the friends and family of Linda Paschall Jarvis, a 1975
graduate of the UNC dental hygiene program, who passed away in
1996.
Brittney Poe, DH Class of 2017
Kendrick, Kendrick & Petersen Scholarship
The Charlotte Dental Society, with Dr. Jacob Freedland as a prime
mover, established the scholarship in 1966 to honor Dr. Vance Kendrick
initially and then Dr. Vaiden Kendrick. When Dr. Sidney D. Petersen
passed away, his name was also added to the scholarship fund.
Tsua Lor, Class of 2018
Priscilla Levine Scholarship
Created in memory of a beloved patient care coordinator at the
school who died in 1989.
Amina Masood, DH Class of 2017
Linville Family Scholarship
This scholarship was made possible by Dr. Walter S. Linville, Jr.
(DDS ’56), his daughter Dr. Lynn Linville-Lauritano (DDS ’82) and
their family to ease the financial burden of attending dental school.
Nichole Schiro, Class of 2017
Loblolly Dental Study Club
The Loblolly Study Club has been a longtime supporter of the UNC
School of Dentistry and established this scholarship to assist future
generations of North Carolina dentists.
Tatyania Moorhead, Class of 2019
Keith T. Macdonald and Family Scholarship
Dr. Macdonald is a 1981 graduate of the school and practices in
Archdale.
Zaineb Khan, Class of 2017
Kenneth N. and Georgia S. May Memorial Scholarship
Dr. Ken May established this scholarship to honor his parents’ memory.
Keara Vincent, Class of 2019
Dr. Raymond A. McKee Merit Scholarship
This scholarship was made possible through a bequest by
Dr. Raymond A. McKee, a 1960 graduate of the UNC School of
Dentistry, who practiced dentistry in Cherryville, NC.
Saryn Hooks, Class of 2018
Laura Silverstein, Class of 2018
Medical Security Scholarship for Leadership in Dentistry
Established in 2008 by the Medical Security Insurance Company.
Emily Ross, Class of 2019
Morgan Family Scholarship
Dr. Kenneth Morgan, Sr. and family established this scholarship in 1994.
Korry Tauber, Class of 2018
Mary Morgan Bitler, Class of 2018
Dr. H.V. Murray, Jr. Scholarship
The late Dr. Murray was a long-time teacher in the Department of
Prosthodontics at the UNC School of Dentistry.
Matthew Barnes, Class of 2017
Old North State Dental Society Scholarship
Made possible by many generous members of the Old North State
Dental Society.
De’Ja Alexander, Class of 2018
Christian Hart, Class of 2019
Robert W. and Maude B. Outland Scholarship
With his father, who received scholarship assistance during the Great
Depression, Dr. Robert Outland, Jr. set up a scholarship fund to help
outstanding students who will contribute to the future of health care in NC.
Nathaly Lemoine, Class of 2020
Joseph Short, Class of 2020
Eldon and Zetta Parks Scholarship
The late Dr. Eldon Parks served as a dentist in Elkin for 40 years.
Dayena Lee, Class of 2017
Dr. George and Nina Patterson Scholarship
Established by Dr. David S. Patterson, a 1982 graduate of the school,
to honor his parents Dr. George and Nina Patterson.
Joseph Bartholomew, Class of 2018
VICE PRESIDENT
Dr. Chris Reese
DDS Class of 1985
Claremont, N.C.
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Dr. Scott Eidson
DDS Class of 1978
Chapel Hill, N.C.
PRESIDENT
Dr. Kara Henderson
DDS Class of 2001
Warrenton, N.C.
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Dr. Rob Selden III
DDS Class of 1998
MS Class of 2001
Huntersville, N.C.
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Dr. Brad Adams
DDS Class of 2007
Goldsboro, N.C.
Dr. Shannitta Bridgers
DDS Class of 2008
MS Class of 2011
Garner, N.C.
Dr. Evelyn Brown
DDS Class of 2000
Cary, N.C.
Dr. Caroline Cheek-Hill
DDS Class of 1999
MS Class of 2002
Raleigh, N.C.
Dental Foundation of
North Carolina, Inc.
UNC School of Dentistry
Campus Box 7450
Chapel Hill, N.C. 27599-7450
O: (919) 537-3257
F: (919) 537-3097
www.dentistry.unc.edu/dfnc/
DENTAL FOUNDATION OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC.
2016-17 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dr. Jack Dunlevy
MS Class of 1987
Midlothian, Va.
Dr. Randy Fussell
DDS Class of 1990
Greenville, N.C.
Dr. Ken Glazenar
Lewisville, N.C.
Dr. Delores Hammer
DDS Class of 1982
Hickory, N.C.
Dr. Gavin Harrell
DDS Class of 1978
Elkin, N.C.
Dr. Mark Oliver
DDS Class of 1998
High Point, N.C.
Dr. Nicole Scheffler
DDS Class of 2002
MS Class of 2005
Boone, N.C.
Dr. Michael Touloupas
DDS Class of 1986
Burlington, N.C.
Dr. Kim Jones
DDS Class of 1991
Hickory, N.C.
Dr. Ben Lowe
DDS Class of 1990
MS Class of 1993
Burlington, N.C.
Dr. Todd McClain
MS Class of 2001
Durham, N.C.
Dr. Lee Bass Nunn
DDS Class of 1995
High Point, N.C.
EX-OFFICIO
Scott S. De Rossi, DMD, MBA
Dean, UNC School of Dentistry
Paul Gardner
Associate Dean of Advancement,
UNC School of Dentistry
Executive Director, Dental
Foundation of North Carolina
Kaushal Gandhi
DDS Class of 2017
UNC School of Dentistry
President, Spurgeon Dental Society
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Dr. Gregory D. Brooks and Mr. Andrew M. Brooks Fellowship in
Orthodontics
The late orthodontist Greg Brooks, DDS ’76, MS ’78, and his wife,
Martha, established these fellowships for orthodontic residents
in 1993. The fund was established in loving memory of their son,
Andrew. When Dr. Brooks passed away in 2014, Martha added his
name to the fund.
Dr. Bryan Bragassa, Orthodontics
Dr. Christian Piers, Orthodontics
Dr. Ying Wan, Orthodontics
Dr. Bryan and Renea Cobb Fellowship
Established by Dr. Bryan Cobb and his wife, Renea, this award is
given annually to one post-DDS student in the Department of
Pediatric Dentistry. Dr. Cobb is a 1977 DDS graduate of the UNC
School of Dentistry and a 1979 graduate of the Department of
Pediatric Dentistry. Renea Cobb is a graduate of the Technical
Institute of Alamance and has been Dr. Cobb’s chief dental assistant
for 28 years.
Dr. Beau Meyer, Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. James B. Congleton III Fellowship in Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Jim Congleton, DDS ’75, MS ’77, who practices pediatric dentistry
in New Bern, created this fund to provide support for residents in the
Department of Pediatric Dentistry.
Dr. Suzanne Baker, Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Ivy Brisbin, Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Lauren Green, Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Erin Tilton, Pediatric Dentistry
Diane C. Dilley Fellowship
Pediatric dentistry alumni established this fellowship in honor of
one of their favorite professors.
Dr. Beau Meyer, Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Bhavna Pahel, Pediatric Dentistry
Jack and Renee Dunlevy Fellowship
Established in 2003 by Dr. Jack Dunlevy, an orthodontist in
Midlothian, Va., and his wife, Renee.
Dr. Bryant Whitecotton, Orthodontics
Dr. Jacob B. Freedland Advanced Dental Education Fellowship
Established in 1994 with contributions from Dr. Jacob B. Freedland,
a generous friend of the School of Dentistry who practiced
endodontics in Charlotte.
Dr. Kevin Byrd, Oral Biology
Dr. Ning Cheng, Oral Biology
Dr. William Shing Tai Yeung, Endodontics
Dr. Krista Andersen, Endodontics
Dr. Daniele Vivaldi, Oral Pain
Dr. Shreya Nayak, Oral Pain
Dr. Jacob B. Freedland Scholarship in Endodontics
Dr. Freedland established this endowment fund in 1992 to provide
support for residents in the Department of Endodontics.
Dr. Mark Shallal-Ayzin, Endodontics
Dr. Tam Trinh, Endodontics
Dr. Sandy C. Marks Fellowship in Pediatric Dentistry
Alumni and friends of DDS ’67 graduate and longtime pediatric
dentistry faculty member Dr. Sandy Marks established this fund
in 2004 to provide support for pediatric dentistry residents.
Dr. Ivy Brisbin, Pediatric Dentistry
F. Thomas McIver Fellowship
Created by many generous alumni from the pediatric dentistry
program in honor of their beloved professor, Dr. F. Thomas McIver.
Dr. Bhavna Pahel, Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Jack Menius Fellowship in Pediatric Dentistry
Alumni and friends of longtime pediatric dentistry faculty member
Dr. Jack Menius established this fund in 1995 to provide support for
pediatric dentistry residents.
Dr. Suzanne Baker, Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Erin Tilton, Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Theodore Oldenburg Fellowship in Pediatric Dentistry
Alumni and friends of DDS ’57 and MS ’62 pediatric dentistry
graduate and longtime pediatric dentistry faculty member
Dr. Ted Oldenburg established this fund in 1990 to provide
support for pediatric dentistry residents.
Dr. Molly Tesch, Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Gentry Byrd, Pediatric Dentistry
Elsie M. and Baxter B. Sapp, Jr. Fellowship
Established in 1991 by Dr. Sapp, a general dentist in Durham,
and his wife, Elsie, this fund provides support for post-DDS
students pursuing advanced degrees at the School of Dentistry.
Dr. Gabrielle Jackson, Prosthodontics
Dr. Eduard Epure, Operative Dentistry
Dr. Caroline Nguyen-Ngoc, Operative Dentistry
Dr. Leslie Trippe, Operative Dentistry
William F. Vann, Jr. Fellowship
This fellowship was established with contributions from numerous
pediatric dentistry alumni and friends of Dr. Bill Vann to support
activities of residents and alumni of the UNC School of Dentistry
Department of Pediatrics.
Dr. Bhavna Pahel, Pediatric Dentistry
AWARDS
The Deah Barakat and Yusor Abu-Salha Memorial Award Fund
This award memorializes Deah Barakat and his wife, Yusor Abu-Salha,
who were taken too soon from their family, friends, and loved ones.
Deah and Yusor were selfless people who led numerous efforts to
help others, so the award provides funding for one or more School of
Dentistry student service project(s).
Kaushal Gandhi and Connie Wang, Class of 2017
Project Refugee Smiles
UNC SNDA
Zane E. Eargle, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Award
This award was endowed by friends and family of Zane Eargle, a
popular member of the DDS 1988 who died suddenly in the spring
of his senior year of dental school.
Jackson Boone, Class of 2019
Four Corners Faculty Mentoring Award
This award is provided by the Four Corners Study Club which enhances
the professional development of dentists in Nash, Pitt, Craven, Carteret,
Beaufort, and Wayne Counties. The award recognizes outstanding
mentoring practices provided to the UNC School of Dentistry faculty
by full-time faculty members.
Dr. Enrique Platin
The Fry Family International Rotation Award
Dr. Jeremy Fry, DDS ’03 and his wife, Nicki, established the Fry
Award to help a third-year DDS student travel to provide dental care,
education, and service in a country other than the United States.
Grant Fisher, Class of 2018
Dr. James A. Harrell, Sr. Citizen and Leadership Award
This award was created by the DFNC in the mid-1990s to honor
Dr. Harrell’s long record of service and dedication to the UNC School
of Dentistry and the DFNC.
Matthew Barnes, Class of 2017
Preston Ford, Class of 2018
Tarrson Family Scholarship
The late Bud Tarrson was a staunch supporter and friend of
the school, and his widow, Linda, established this merit-based
scholarship in an effort to relieve the financial burdens of dental
students at UNC.
Kaushal Gandhi, Class of 2017
Lois E. Taylor Scholarship
Dr. Sarah Taylor Morrow and Mr. Frank Taylor, Jr. established
this fund to honor their extraordinary mother, who was the first
female dentist in Charlotte.
Jessica Goodwin, Class of 2020
Markie Wicker Thomas Memorial Scholarship
The Kuhn family, David, Mandy and Ritt, along with friends and
family of Markie, established this scholarship to honor the memory
of Markie Wicker Thomas, a 1973 dental hygiene graduate who
was part of the Kuhn Family Dentistry practice for almost 35 years.
Kayla Ramsey, DH Class of 2017
Dr. William “Bill” Tulloch Memorial Scholarship
Dr. Lynn Smith established this scholarship to honor the memory
of his best friend for more than 30 years, Dr. Bill Tulloch, a general
dentist in Broadway, N.C.
Kerry Stanisic, Class of 2017
UNC Dental Alumni Association Scholarship
The UNCDAA established this fund for third-year dental students.
Brittanie Harris, Class of 2018
Keyachtta Hawkins, Class of 2018
Jeff Goldsmith, Class of 2018
David Guo, Class of 2018
UNC School of Dentistry Golf Tournament Scholarship
This scholarship is provided from funds raised by the UNC School
of Dentistry’s annual golf tournament.
Kerby Braxton, Class of 2018
University Dental Associates Scholarship
University Dental Associates and the American Dental Partners
Foundation established this fund in 2003.
Jessica Vet, Class of 2018
Dr. Michael A. “Mickey” Webb Scholarship
Mike and Julie Simmons established this scholarship to honor their
family friend and orthodontist Dr. Michael A. “Mickey” Webb, DDS ’79.
Robert Warren II, Class of 2019
Bryant Wicker Memorial Scholarship Fund
This scholarship was established by the family and friends of the
late Dr. Bryant Wicker of Maxton, N.C.
Sabrina Saunders, Class of 2019
James Gurney and Ruth Williams Scholarship
The late Dr. Lowell Williams honored the memory of his parents
with this fund established in 1990.
Halbert Campbell, Class of 2020
Anne Dorsey, Class of 2020
Kate McPherson, Class of 2020
Cody Sabol, Class of 2020
Dr. Douglas and Ursula Young Scholarship
This fund was established by Dr. Douglas Young and his wife, Ursula,
on the occasion of his 50th School of Dentistry reunion. The late
Dr. Young was a ’58 graduate of the school who practiced general
dentistry in Winston-Salem for many years.
Clara Hicks, Class of 2018
Matthew Bostian, Class of 2017
Joseph Anderson, Class of 2018
Ryan Gross, Class of 2019
Thomas Brader, Class of 2017
FELLOWSHIPS
Advanced Education Fellowships
Established in 1990 to provide support for post-DDS students
pursuing advanced degrees in the School of Dentistry.
Dr. Kevin Lim, Prosthodontics
Dr. Sarah Lee, Prosthodontics
Dr. Gabrielle Jackson, Prosthodontics
Ann and G. Randolph Babcock Fellowship
Established in 1991 with contributions from the Babcocks. Mrs.
Babcock’s father, Dr. R.M. Pelton, started Pelton & Crane in 1900,
and Mr. Babcock was president of the company for many years.
Dr. Shreya Nayak, Oral Pain
Dr. Brenda Lopez, Periodontics
Dr. Bruno Herrera, Periodontics
Dr. Elizabeth Campbell, Periodontics
Dr. David Semeniuk, Periodontics
Dr. Eugenia Monaghan, Periodontics
Dr. George Getz, Periodontics
Dr. Karin Schey, Periodontics
Dr. Krystal Viruet, Periodontics
Dr. Matthew Mason, Periodontics
Dr. Megumi Williamson, Periodontics
Dr. Tenzin Dadul, OMF Radiology
Dr. Peter Green, OMF Radiology
Dr. Robert Hilton, OMF Radiology
Dr. Brittany Kurzweg, OMF Radiology
Dr. Li Lim, OMF Radiology
Dr. Sasha Betz, OMF Pathology
Dr. Andres Flores, OMF Pathology
Dr. Si Lim, OMF Pathology
Dr. Ashley Hill, Orthodontics
Dr. Christina Jackson, Orthodontics
Dr. Christian Johnson, Orthodontics
Dr. Gentry Byrd, Pediatrics
Dr. Lauren Green, Pediatrics
Dr. Molly Tesch, Pediatrics
Dr. Lauren Kanzigg, Dental Hygiene
Dr. Ahlam Joufi, Dental Hygiene
Dr. Brandie Carter, Dental Hygiene
Miriam Easterling Baker Fellowship
Established by Dr. Edgar D. Baker in memory of his late wife in 1990.
Dr. Baker practiced orthodontics in Raleigh and these fellowships are
solely for the benefit of residents in the Department of Orthodontics.
Dr. Christian Johnson, Orthodontics
Dr. Christina Jackson, Orthodontics
Dr. Ashley Hill, Orthodontics
Dr. Bryant Whitecotton, Orthodontics
Dr. Josiah Rich, Orthodontics
Dr. Michael Cliff Wilson, Orthodontics
Dr. Carolyn Cronin, Orthodontics
Mary Jean Breeland Fellowship in Pediatric Dentistry
Established through a bequest from Ms. Breeland, who passed
away in 2002. She had unpleasant experiences with dentistry as
a child and wanted to ensure that children wouldn’t experience
the pain and trauma she did.
Dr. Jami Ballantine, Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Beau Meyer, Pediatric Dentistry
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Shelia F. Harris Award
Established by Dr. Bobby Elliot in honor of one of his long-time
dental assistants.
DeAnna Thompson, DA Class of 2017
Holiday Dental Conference Award
The Holiday Dental Conference Clinical Research fund is an en-dowed
fund created through contributions from the Holiday Dental
Conference in Charlotte, NC and is to support clinical research
efforts of faculty members at the UNC School of Dentistry.
Dr. Ingeborg De Kok
Dr. Murry Wade Holland and Mrs. Helen H. Holland Award in
Prosthodontic Dentistry
Established by Mrs. Holland in memory of her husband, Dr. Holland.
Recognizes the DDS student who best exemplifies Dr. Murry Hol-land’s
professionalism and proficient skill in prosthodontics and
aesthetic dentistry.
Sarah Barker, Class of 2017
Dr. Richard F. Hunt, Jr. Memorial Award
Since 1969, the Hunt Award has been presented annually to a
member of the faculty of the UNC School of Dentistry who merits
recognition for significant contributions to excellence in pre-doctoral
teaching. The award is sponsored by the Loblolly Study
Club through the DFNC in memory of Dr. Richard F. Hunt, Jr.
Dr. Edward Swift
Dr. Mark Hyman Family Student Travel Award
This award was created by Dr. Mark Hyman, a 1984 graduate of the
School of Dentistry. It is intended to help a DDS student travel to
provide dental care, education, and service in a country other than
the United States.
The Uganda Project
The Pankey Study Club of North Carolina Award
Members of the Pankey Study Club of Eastern North Carolina — all
UNC School of Dentistry graduates — established this award in
2013. The annual award is to be used to pay for expenses associ-ated
with faculty or students’ continuing education at the Pankey
Institute in Key Biscayne, FL.
Dr. Gustavo Oliveira
Dr. Uday and Laura Reebye Award
This award was created by Dr. Uday and Laura Reebye and is awarded
annually to a student that shadowed in Dr. Reebye’s office.
Thomas Brader, Class of 2017
Dr. Clarence Lee Sockwell Award in Dental Anatomy
Dr. and Mrs. Sockwell established this award to recognize superior
achievement in dental anatomy coursework by a pre-doctoral
student at the School.
Preston Colven Class of 2017
Phillip Hamilton Class of 2017
Nate Hoang Class of 2017
Adam Sturdevant Class of 2017
Sanjay Talluri Class of 2017
Caitlin Thomas Class of 2017
Linda Stewart Professional Excellence Award
Established to honor a beloved faculty member who retired in 2010.
Ann Collins, DA Class of 2017
Dr. Ronald P. Strauss Community and International Health
Award
This award was made to support students at the UNC School
of Dentistry who participate in international or other community-based
health or public policy experiences.
UNC Malawi Project
Dr. Robert E. Tormey, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
Bob Tormey was a well-loved member of the DDS Class of 1990 who
died suddenly after his graduation. Classmates, friends and family
worked with the DFNC to endow this scholarship fund in
his memory.
Ian McDonald, Class of 2017
Dr. Shizuko Yamauchi Endodontics Graduate Student Award
Dr. Yamauchi earned a master’s certificate in Endodontics from UNC
in 1992 and was a beloved and devoted faculty member of the UNC
School of Dentistry’s Department of Endodontics from 1994 to 2010.
Her family, friends, and colleagues created this award in her memory.
Dr. Daniel Crossen
Anne Kendrick Hall and R. Garnett Hall, Jr. elected to make a
contribution via IRA rollover to fund the Vaiden Blankenship
Kendrick Fellowship in Oral Surgery endowment, which will
benefit a resident studying oral and maxillofacial surgery. In 2012,
Mrs. Hall set up a bequest with the Dental Foundation of North
Carolina (DFNC) in memory of her late father to be fulfilled
in her will. Instead, she and her husband have funded the
fellowship now.
“We’re truly grateful for Anne’s generous original
commitment, and equally so for her and Garnett’s
current investment in the fund,” said Paul Gardner,
executive director of the DFNC. “The Halls are
wonderful supporters of our school, and we’re
pleased that they were able to take advantage of the
IRA rollover to honor her father in Anne and Garnett’s
lifetimes. We look forward to introducing them to the
inaugural Kendrick Fellowship recipient in 2018.”
Vaiden Blankenship Kendrick received his
undergraduate education from UNC. Prior to the founding of
the UNC School of Dentistry, he earned his dental degree magna
cum laude in 1932 at the University of Maryland School of
Dentistry, where he was inducted into Omicron Kappa Upsilon.
Following his graduation, he entered private practice with his
twin brother, Vance, before pursuing his training in oral surgery.
Kendrick opened his oral surgery practice in 1938 in Charlotte,
N.C.
Early in World War II, Kendrick volunteered for service as the
War Department had granted permission to Charlotte Memorial
Hospital to sponsor a military evacuation hospital. In April 1942,
he was commissioned a major in the United States Army Dental
Corps, serving with the 38th Evacuation Hospital during the
North African Campaign. He was honorably discharged in April
1946, as lieutenant colonel.
Kendrick served on the original staff at Charlotte
Memorial Hospital and was instrumental in the
formation of that hospital’s dental clinic. He served as
president of the Charlotte Dental Society, and he was
active with national and regional dentistry groups,
including the North Carolina Dental Society. He was
a diplomate of the American Board of Oral Surgery,
was the second board certified oral surgeon in the
state and was a charter member of the Southeastern
Society of Oral Surgeons. At the time of his death in
1974, Kendrick was in active practice and was chief
dental officer at Charlotte Memorial.
Mrs. Hall said her admiration and love for her father
and the excellence of the UNC School of Dentistry are what led
her to consider establishing the fellowship.
“This fund is set up to honor my father, his generous spirit and
the way he lived his life,” said Ms. Hall. “I feel that he gave me so
much, and this is something, in a way, that we can give to him. He
would be both humbled and thrilled to have a fellowship in oral
surgery named in his honor at the University of North Carolina
School of Dentistry. He was truly ‘Tar Heel born and Tar Heel
bred.’ He loved dentistry and he loved Carolina. The fellowship
seems like a perfect match.”
Dr. John Olmsted, MS ’77, and Ms. Frankie Olmsted, along with
the American Association of Endodontists (AAE) Foundation
for Endodontics, have generously contributed to a new
endowment fund to
establish the Olmsted
Family Distinguished
Professorship in
Endodontics. This
professorship is the
school’s 17th endowed
professorship.
The endowment of
the Olmsted Family
Professorship is the
culmination of a long
history of commitment to the school’s Department of
Endodontics. The Olmsteds contributed $233,000 and
the Olmsteds and the UNC School of Dentistry secured an
additional $100,000 contribution from the AAE Foundation
for Endodontics to bring the fund to the threshold to receive
the State of North Carolina match of $167,000. When fully
funded, the professorship will be a $500,000 endowment.
“This is an amazingly generous gift to the department,” said
Dr. Ashraf Fouad, chair of the Department of Endodontics.
“It is a testament to the dedication and commitment of
the Olmsted family to endodontic education, and to the
outstanding support from the Foundation for Endodontics
and the state of North Carolina.”
The Olmsted Family Professorship will benefit the endodontic
graduate program director. This support may be in the form of
leadership training, defraying costs to attend scientific or
educational meetings, a salary stipend and/or funding
workshops to further teaching skills.
“‘Education is the best investment you can make in your life.’
These words of wisdom from our parents resonate every day
with us,” said Dr. Olmsted. “Frankie was raised on a farm in
Iowa in a two- bedroom home, one of five children, and I grew
up in Iowa City with Mom and Dad in one bedroom and the
five of us kids in the other bedroom. We both feel very blessed
with the opportunities that the dental school faculty at the
University of Iowa College of Dentistry and the UNC School of
Dentistry provided to Frankie with her dental lab technician
education and to me with my dental school and endodontic
graduate resident education. The profession of dentistry, and
in particular the specialty of endodontics, has an urgent need
with recruitment and retention of faculty. We hope our gift
will facilitate present and future faculty.”
Featured in the photo: Dr. Ashraf Fouad (chair, Department of Endodontics),
Dr. Linda Levin (president, AAE), Dr. Peter Morgan (president, Foundation for
Endodontics), Dr. Mary Pettiette (vice-president, Foundation for Endodontics
and department faculty member), Ms. Olmsted and Dr. Olmsted.
Olmsted Family Distinguished Professorship Established
Kendrick Fellowship to be Funded, Awarded in 2018
“[This gift] is a
testament to the
dedication and
commitment of the
Olmsted family to
endodontic education.”
—Dr. Ashraf Fouad
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ALUMNI NEWS
In February, John Bonvechio joined
the School of Dentistry Office of
Advancement as its newest regional
director of development.
“I feel fortunate to be working on this
team,” said Bonvechio. “Carolina and
the School of Dentistry have truly
exceeded my highest expectations. My
fiancée, Erin, and I are also thrilled to
be living in North Carolina.”
As regional director
of development,
Bonvechio is
responsible for major
gifts fundraising in
western North
Carolina. He will work
closely with the rest
of the Office of
Advancement and the Dean’s Office to
elevate engagement of alumni and
friends of the school. Sarah Huppert,
regional director of development, will
continue her work with alumni in the
eastern part of the state, and Paul
Gardner, associate dean for
advancement, will continue his work
with the school’s principal gifts donors
and out-of-state alumni.
“We’re delighted that John has joined
us,” said Gardner. “He did some
excellent work at the University of
Maryland, working his way up from a
graduate assistant position to an
important role working with leadership
donors for Maryland’s annual fund. He
is enthusiastic about coming to the
UNC School of Dentistry, and our
alumni and friends will enjoy working
with him.”
Bonvechio earned his Bachelor of Arts
in history and political science from
The Ohio State University in 2011, and
his master’s in higher education and
higher education administration in
2014 from the University of Maryland.
Most recently he served as the
assistant director of leadership annual
giving at the University of Maryland,
where he worked with alumni across
Northern Virginia and Washington,
D.C.
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Bonvechio Begins as
New Regional Director
of Development
Harrell, Long-time Friend of
the School, Passes Away
Bonvechio
Message from the UNCDAA President
Dear Alumni,
What a spring it’s been! This has been an exciting time to serve as your Dental
Alumni Association president.
This new year ushered in new leadership at the School of Dentistry. Dean
Scott De Rossi, as you know, started at UNC in January and he brought a lot of
enthusiasm with him. He is energetic and driven, and he is excited to be in
Chapel Hill at our great school. It is important that Dean De Rossi be supported
by our alumni, and that we trust him to lead the school in the right direction. I
know I can speak for the DAA Board of Directors when I say that our board
unwaveringly backs Dean De Rossi, and we are looking forward to working with
him for many, many years to come.
We recently had our DDS Class Reunions, and I hope that many of you took
the chance to travel back to Chapel Hill and reconnect with your classmates and
friends. For those of you in the DDS Classes of 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983,
1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008 and 2013 — be sure to mark your calendars for your
reunion weekend, happening April 27-28, 2018.
I’m looking forward to seeing many of you at the North Carolina Dental
Society Annual Session later this month. Please plan to join us at the UNCDAA
Breakfast meeting on Friday, May 19 at 7 a.m.
Thank you, as always, for your support of the UNC School of Dentistry and the
UNC Dental Alumni Association. It has been an honor to serve as president of
this organization.
All the best,
Robert Stowe, DDS ’98
President, UNC Dental Alumni Association
Our board unwaveringly
backs Dean De Rossi, and
we are looking forward to
working with him for many,
many years to come.
On March 6, Dr. James Andrew Harrell,
Sr., passed away at the age of 94.
“I can’t imagine a world without Dr.
Harrell,” said Paul Gardner, associate dean
for advancement and director of the
Dental Foundation of North Carolina. “He
has always been there for the School,
leading our capital campaigns, making his
own generous gifts, and being one of
Carolina’s best advocates. He did so much
good for so many people. He was a
wonderful example of how to be a good
family man and a good citizen in all that he
did. We all miss him tremendously.”
Harrell received his bachelor’s degree
from the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill in 1944, and attended the
Medical College of Virginia for his dental
training. Following his graduation from
dental school, Harrell and his wife, Isabel,
moved to Elkin, N.C., where he opened a
dental practice like his father, Dr. Roy B.
Harrell, before him.
Though he didn’t attend dental school
in North Carolina, Harrell was a dedicated
supporter of the UNC School of Dentistry
and passionate about growing dental
education in North Carolina. He served as
the chair of two of the school’s large
fundraising campaigns, the Koury Oral
Health Sciences Building Campaign and
the Building on Excellence Campaign, and
as co-chair of the Bicentennial Campaign
which focused on the construction of the
school’s clinical facility, Tarrson Hall. He
also served as president of the Dental
Foundation of North Carolina. The school
honored Harrell by awarding him the UNC
Dental Alumni Association John C. Brauer
Award, the Dental Foundation of North
Carolina Distinguished Service Award, and
by establishing the Dr. James A. Harrell, Sr.
Leadership and Citizenship Award.
Harrell also served at
a University level, acting
as the director of the
UNC General Alumni
Association and also its
president. Due to his
lifetime of dedication,
leadership and service to
UNC, the University honored him with the
William Richardson Davie Award.
Active in organized dentistry, during his
lifetime Harrell was president of the North
Carolina Dental Society, president of the
American College of Dentists, president of
the Academy of General Dentistry and
president of the Academy of Dentistry
International. He also served as vice
president of the American Dental
Association. Harrell was recognized by the
North Carolina Dental Society in 1984 with
their Dentist of the Year Award.
Harrell was involved in his local
community outside of dentistry as well. He
served three terms as mayor of Elkin and
three terms as a city commissioner. He
served as president of Kiwanis Club,
United Fund, and YMCA, and director for
North Carolina Blue Cross and Blue Shield,
United Savings and Loan, Yadkin Valley
Bank and Trust, Hugh Chatham Memorial
Hospital, and Hugh Chatham Memorial
Hospital Foundation. He was an active
member of First United Methodist Church,
serving as a Sunday school teacher for 60
years.
Harrell was preceded in death by his
wife of 70 years, Isabel; and his sisters. He
is survived by his children Dr. James A.
Harrell, Jr., and wife, Barbara; Dr. Gavin
Harrell and wife, Margie; Dr. Stephen
Harrell and wife, Terry; and Ms. Deborah
Kirkman; his nine grandchildren; and his
12 great-grandchildren.
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1950s
William Douglass Strickland, DDS ’56,
passed away on March 2, 2017 at his
home.
1960s
Fred Smith, DDS ’63, passed away on
March 19, 2017.
Jerry Clark, DDS ’65, retired in August
2016 after practicing orthodontics in
Greensboro for more than 40 years. This
year at the American Association of
Orthodontics Meeting in San Diego, Calif.,
he will be presented with the AAO's
highest honor for public service, the AAO
Humanitarian Award. He will be honored
for founding the Make-A-Wish
Foundation of North Carolina, which has
granted more than 6,000 wishes for
children suffering from life-threatening
illnesses. He has been involved in a
number of other charitable efforts, too:
working with homeless; involvement in a
tutoring program for intercity children;
traveled on mission trips throughout the
world; coached a community soccer
team; and participated with the Nat
Greene Kiwanis.
William Cozart, DDS ’67, has developed a
natural dental solution to relieve pain and
heal a dry socket in one application. His
technology is patented, with international
patents pending. He encourages
everyone to check out his website,
www.naturaldentalsolutions.com, to learn
more.
Charles “Bill” McCall, Jr., DDS ’67, and
Mark McCall, DDS ’71, were recently
inducted into the Second Wind Hall of
Fame. This honor recognizes retired
citizens who, through volunteerism, have
proven life after work can be productive.
The Second Wind Hall of Fame covers
Polk County, N.C. and upstate South
Carolina with a mailing address of Tryon,
N.C.
1970s
Jerry Butler, DDS ’72, and Steve Walsh,
DDS ’72, are planning a DDS Class of
1972 reunion in Boone, N.C. October 12-
16, 2017. Dean De Rossi plans to attend
the meeting on Thursday, Oct. 12 at 6:30
p.m. Dr. Butler says they are “honored
and excited” to share the evening with
Dean De Rossi. He would also like to
mention that the Class of 1972 joined
together and made a donation to the
DFNC last year, and he wants to thank
those members of the class for
contributing. “It is great to know we still
have the comradery to share together
and that we support those students who
follow us.” He hopes to see everyone at
the fall reunion!
Roger Briggs, DDS ’75, passed away
suddenly in August 2015.
classNOTES
Jim Congleton, DDS ’75, MS ’77,
was selected as a Community Fabric
Award winner for Individual Leadership.
The award is given by the Craven
Community College Foundation and is
honoring him because he, according
to the foundation, “has contributed to
the health, beauty and culture of the
community through his dental practice,
philanthropy and service for almost
40 years.”
John Ellington, DDS ’75, retired from
active practice in January 2017. He sold
his practice in Archdale to Chad Miller,
DDS ’95.
Gordon Jones, DDS ’76, was the guest
mentor for the Woody Rupp Restorative
Seminar at the Navy Medicine
Professional Development Center at
Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda,
Md. on Mar. 3. He has served as chair of
the Academy of Operative Dentistry
Special Recognition Committee, which
has conducted a five-year process
culminating in ADA recognition of
operative dentistry, cariology and
biomaterials as special interest areas of
general dentistry. But, most importantly,
he’s getting more time to spend at his
N.C. home.
Steve Stroud, DDS ’78, MS ’81, retired
from full-time practice of oral and
maxillofacial surgery in Greensboro and
Burlington with Piedmont Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery in July 2015 after
34 years of practice. His wife and he
moved to New Bern, N.C. and he
practices one day a week in the months
between October and May. He spends
the summer months in the mountains.
He was appointed clinical assistant
professor in oral and maxillofacial
surgery at the East Carolina University
School of Dental Medicine in January
2016. He mentors third and fourth-year
dental students and a general practice
resident two or three days per month.
1980s
David Patterson, DDS ’82, sold his
practice in 2015 to his sons, Stuart
Patterson, DDS ’06, and Nathan
Patterson, DDS ’14; they also purchased
another local practice from Bob Ricks,
DDS ’80. Ruth, his wife, has also retired
from dental hygiene. The couple is
thoroughly enjoying being grandparents
to four grandchildren. Dr. Patterson
continues to recover from bilateral
shoulder surgeries related to a fall while
replacing dock boards at the

DENTAL
REVIEW
North Carolina
A Publication of the University of North Carolina
Dental Alumni Association
SPRING/SUMMER 2017
Bowties
and Big
Ideas
PRESIDENT
Robert P. Stowe
DDS Class of 1998
Winston-Salem, N.C.
VICE PRESIDENT
L’Tanya J. Bailey
MS Class of 1985
High Point, N.C.
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Rafael Rivera, Jr.
DDS Class of 1998
Gastonia, N.C.
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
J. Jackson Teague III
DDS Class of 1991
Asheville, N.C.
FIRST DISTRICT
W. Arthur Cooper III
DDS Class of 1984
Gastonia, N.C.
R. Lee Warren
DDS Class of 1972
Boone, N.C.
SECOND DISTRICT
Steven R. Patty
DDS Class of 1984
Monroe, N.C.
David White Stroup
DDS Class of 1987
Charlotte, N.C.
THIRD DISTRICT
Nona I. Breeland
DDS Class of 1987
MS Class of 1989
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Roslyn M. Crisp
DDS Class of 1982
MS Class of 1986
Burlington, N.C.
James P. Fetner
DDS Class of 2008
Burlington, N.C.
UNC Dental Alumni Association
2016–17 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The North Carolina Dental Review is published
by the Dental Alumni Association and the Dental
Foundation of North Carolina for alumni and
friends of the UNC School of Dentistry.
Dean
Scott S. De Rossi, DMD, MBA
Editor
Tiffany Brannan, BA, UNC ’06
Photography
De Rossi Family
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School of Dentistry Students
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Graphic Design
Alison Duncan, BA, BFA, UNC ’96,
Duncan Design
We welcome your comments, opinions or
questions. Please address correspondence
to Tiffany Brannan at:
(919) 537-3260
tiffany_brannan@unc.edu
UNC School of Dentistry
Attn: Tiffany Brannan
Koury Oral Health Sciences Building
CB #7450
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7450
FOURTH DISTRICT
Ben Koren
DDS Class of 1999
Raleigh, N.C.
Anita Sawhney
DDS Class of 1991
Raleigh, N.C.
FIFTH DISTRICT
Steve Edgerton
DDS Class of 1980
Wilmington, N.C.
Amy W. Hunt
DDS Class of 1991
Rocky Mount, N.C.
W. David Jarvis
DDS Class of 1985
Rocky Mount, N.C.
Elizabeth E. Miller
DDS Class of 2007
Tarboro, N.C.
OUT OF STATE
W. Jackson Faircloth, Jr.
DDS Class of 1977
Charlottesville, Va.
E. Lynn Styers
DDS Class of 1987
North Myrtle Beach, S.C.
EX-OFFICIO
Scott S. De Rossi, DMD, MBA
Dean and Professor
Hunter Barrett
Executive Director, UNCDAA
Paul Gardner
Associate Dean of Advancement
Brian Swift
President, DDS Class of 2017
DENTAL
REVIEW
North Carolina
A Publication of the University of North Carolina
Dental Alumni Association
SPRING/SUMMER 2017
Bowties
and Big
Ideas
Alumni and friends,
It is a great honor to address you as dean of the UNC School of Dentistry. I am excited to have this
opportunity to work with each of you at such a storied institution.
When I received the phone call from Provost Jim Dean letting me know I had been selected for this
position, I was overwhelmed. I was thrilled to be selected, and I was humbled to be trusted with
such an important charge. It is no secret to any of you that the UNC School of Dentistry is one of
the nation’s best, and I know that being at the helm comes with great responsibility. When I
accepted this appointment, I accepted the challenge of ensuring that the UNC School of Dentistry
continues to be a leader in dentistry. The standard of excellence here is high, and that is something
I am dedicated to maintaining.
You should know that my vision for the school is not just to maintain its standing, though. My hope
is that we are able to move beyond excellence as a school. I want the UNC School of Dentistry to be
the global standard for dental education. In order to do that, I know that I will rely heavily on each
of you reading this. I will need your advice, your passion and your support as we move forward.
To that end, I want to be clear that my door is
always open to you. I am committed to
transparently leading the school and my hope is
that you will feel comfortable reaching out to me
to share concerns, ideas or to just say hello.
One of the reasons I am most excited about this
appointment, other than getting to move to
beautiful Chapel Hill, is that I get to continue
my work with outstanding students. There is no
question that UNC recruits the top tier of
students into each of its educational programs,
and that has only been further reinforced to me
since my arrival in January. The students here
are incredibly impressive. They are not only bright and committed to their education, but they are
committed to making a better life for those around them. I have been astounded with the amount
of service they provide voluntarily to the community, the state and the globe. During the last
academic year, they provided roughly $4.5 million of in-kind care, not including the service
provided by students on international trips. That is a staggering number. In the pages that follow,
you will read about the experiences our DDS students had on their Dentistry in Service to
Communities (DISC) rotations, about our student-led Give Kids a Smile Day and also about an
award-winning free clinic our students run. Those stories are but a snapshot of all in which the
students are involved.
It is still a common occurrence that I get asked why I wanted to be dean of this school. While I
usually quip that I had a momentary lapse in my sanity, the truth is that this school has absolutely
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Message from the Dean
De Rossi
(Continued on page 3)
I want the UNC School of Dentistry
to be the global standard for dental
education. In order to do that, I
know that I will rely heavily on each
of you reading this. I will need your
advice, your passion and your
support as we move forward.
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In this Issue
10
11
20
1 Message from the Dean
4 Continuing Dental Education
School and Faculty News
5 Bowties and Big Ideas: A Look at Dentistry’s Newest Tar Heel Dean,
Scott De Rossi
10 De Rossi: “I’m home”
11 A UNC Distinction: The Dental Sleep Medicine Clinic
12 Wright Elected Vice President of the American Association for Dental Research
12 Olivera Awarded Inaugural Academy of Operative Dentistry Faculty
Excellence Award
13 Matthews Honored by Barbados for Outstanding Service
14 School Researchers First to Locate Gene Variant Linked to Chronic Periodontitis
15 In Memoriam
Dr. William Douglas Strickland ’56
Dr. Philip Francis Hirsch
16 Faculty Development
18 Faculty Notes
Student News
19 Alexander Elected Student National Dental Association President
19 Students Speak Up for Fluoridation
20 Give Kids a Smile Day: Students Provide Nearly $6,000 in Free Dental Care
to Local Children
22 Durham-based Student-led Dental Clinic Wins National Award
Special Section
23 DDS Students Serve Through DISC
Foundation News
24 2016-17 Scholarship, Fellowship and Award Recipients
34 Olmsted Family Distinguished Professorship Established
35 Kendrick Fellowship to be Funded, Awarded in 2018
36 Bonvechio Begins as New Regional Director of Development
36 Harrell, Long-time Friend of the School, Passes Away
Alumni News
37 Message from the UNCDAA President
38 Class Notes
everything I could ever need to be a
successful dean. When considering
applying to be dean anywhere, I would
look for certain things: the character of
the students, faculty, staff and alumni;
the quality of the facilities; the stature
of the school and university. Here, at
UNC, I found every box was ticked.
The students and residents here are bright and passionate. The faculty are forward thinking, world
renowned leaders. The staff that fill the halls are hardworking and dedicated. The school’s alumni
and friends are loyal, accomplished, influential and closely knit. The facilities are world class. The
school is part of a vibrant and significant health sciences campus, and also a part of the prestigious
University of North Carolina. Bar none, I cannot think of another place that not only met, but
exceeded, what I hoped to find.
While I hope you have more of a sense of who I am after reading this issue of the North Carolina
Dental Review, I am looking forward to having the chance to meet each of you in the coming months.
In addition to all the spring events that will have happened by the time this reaches you, I am
traveling once a week with members of the Office of Advancement team in hopes of meeting many
of you before the North Carolina Dental Society Annual Session. I look forward to cultivating a
relationship with each of you that is built on transparency and the common goal of moving this great
school beyond excellence.
Again, I want to emphasize how sincerely thrilled I am to be a part of the UNC School of Dentistry.
Since arriving in January I have been greeted with a genuine warmth and open arms by the whole
community, and I cannot thank you enough. This is a special place filled with remarkable people,
and it is humbling to become a part of this family. Becoming dean of this great school is one of the
highest honors of my life.
My wife, Kate, and my daughters, Sofia and Evie, are also excited to create a new home here in
Chapel Hill.
I look forward to getting to know you and working with you for years to come. Thank you for your
unwavering support of the UNC School of Dentistry.
Sincerely,
Scott S. De Rossi, DMD, MBA
Dean, UNC School of Dentistry
This is a special place
filled with remarkable
people, and it is
humbling to become
a part of this family.
De Rossi
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SCHOOL AND FACULTY NEWS
44 NNOORRTTHH CCAARROOLLIINNAA DDEENNTTAALL RREEVVIIEEWW
Continuing Dental Education
Diagnosis and Management of Acute and Chronic
Orofacial Pain
DATE: June 2, 2017
SPEAKERS: Dr. Pei Lim, Dr. Max DiGiosia, Dr. Asma Khan and
Dr. Ashraf Fouad
LOCATION: UNC School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Advanced Cone Beam CT Interpretation
DATE: June 9, 2017
SPEAKERS: Dr. Don Tyndall and Dr. Heidi Kohltfarber
LOCATION: UNC School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, N.C.
The 34th Annual Dental Review
DATE: June 15-17, 2017
SPEAKERS: Dr. Glenn Maron, Dr. Randy Huffines and others
LOCATION: Kingston Plantation, Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Update in Oral Surgery for the General Dentist
DATE: June 16, 2017
SPEAKERS: Dr. Renie Daniel, Dr. N. Shaun Matthews, Dr. Jonathan Reside
and Dr. Blake Turner
LOCATION: The Friday Center, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Concepts and Teaching Strategies for the Oral
Radiology Educator
DATE: July 17-20, 2017
SPEAKERS: Dr. Sally Mauriello and others
LOCATION: UNC School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, N.C.
The 33rd Annual Prosthodontics Meeting
DATES: July 24-29, 2017
SPEAKERS: UNC School of Dentistry Faculty
LOCATION: Omni Hotels and Resorts, Hilton Head, S.C.
http://www.babyoralhealthprogram.org/
http://www.prenataloralhealth.org/
The 13th Annual Distinguished Lecture in Restorative
and Esthetic Dentistry
DATE: August 25, 2017
SPEAKERS: TBD
LOCATION: The Friday Center, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Pediatric Dentistry Fall Meeting
DATE: October 6, 2017
SPEAKERS: TBD
LOCATION: The Friday Center, Chapel Hill, N.C.
The Roy B. Harrell 63rd Annual Dental Seminar Day
DATE: November 10, 2017
SPEAKERS: TBD
LOCATION: The Friday Center, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Endodontic Therapy in the General Dentist’s Office with
Hands-on Education
DATE: December 1, 2017
SPEAKERS: UNC School of Dentistry Endodontic Faculty
LOCATION: UNC School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Innovative Periodontics: Creating Success in Today’s
Dental Practice
DATE: December 1, 2017
SPEAKER: Dr. Sam Low
LOCATION: The Friday Center, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Utilizing Advanced Ultrasonics and Subgingival Air
Polishing in Periodontal Therapy
DATE: December 2, 2017
SPEAKERS: Dr. Sam Low and UNC School of Dentistry Faculty
LOCATION: UNC School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, N.C.
For more information on the courses listed please Don’t forget to check out our online offerings:
contact the Continuing Dental Education program at:
Phone: (919) 537-3400
Fax: (919) 537-3098
Email: CDE@dentistry.unc.edu
NEW URL: www.dentistry.unc.edu/cde/courses
Bowties and
Big Ideas
A Look at Dentistry’s Newest
Tar Heel Dean, Scott De Rossi
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It’s 4:30 in the morning.
While many of us are sleeping soundly
— even if just for a few extra moments —
that’s not the case for the school’s new
Dean, Scott De Rossi.
By that time in the morning, he is at the
gym, which is where he’ll stay for an hour.
Then he heads back home to get ready for
the day. He dons a suit and bowtie, picks
out a pair of his signature socks, and heads
to his office in Koury Oral Health Sciences
Building.
That is when the day really starts.
Flurries of meetings. Countless emails.
A growing number of decisions to be made
and requests which need a response.
De Rossi prioritizes his day and his
responses on a number of factors. But more
often than not, he makes a point to
prioritize time out of his office making
connections within the school walls.
A portion of almost each lunch hour is
spent in the atrium, visiting with students.
Time is set aside to go visit different
units or departments, or walk through the
clinics and say hello.
Monthly “Doughnuts with the Dean”
breakfasts are scheduled for staff, as well as
frequent small group outings with
students. After the doors of the school lock
at 6 p.m., he is still available: visiting study
clubs and attending a hockey game with
students who won a “Night with the Dean”
experience in a fundraising auction.
Nearly every Tuesday he spends time
traveling the state with the Dental
Foundation of North Carolina staff,
meeting alumni from the Atlantic Ocean
to the Appalachian Mountains.
“This is a special place, and it’s because
of the people,” said De Rossi. “I can’t
imagine any other way to be dean. It’s
important that employees, alumni and
students alike know that I value them as
people — that I value their opinions, and
that my door is open whenever they need.”
When you talk to De Rossi, it’s not hard
to figure out who influenced his approach
to leadership.
The Massachusetts native found his
way to the University of Pennsylvania
School of Dental Medicine for his dental
education, enrolling at the school in 1991.
While pursuing his Doctor of Medicine in
Dentistry degree and later his postdoctoral
training in oral medicine, the dean of the
School of Dental Medicine was Raymond J.
Fonseca. He was still dean when De Rossi
joined the faculty in the late 1990s and
became, like his parents before him, an
educator.
“I remember Dr. Fonseca being really
present for the students and, later, for the
junior faculty,” De Rossi recalled. “We all
knew he had an incredibly full plate, but he
still took time to be accessible. I think that
just stuck with me.”
While Fonseca’s impact on De Rossi’s
approach to being dean is likely some of
why he prioritizes being out of his office,
it’s hard to deny that his personality also
plays a large part.
A self-described extrovert and rarely
slow to make a joke, De Rossi has a large
personality and is at his best when he’s
interacting with people. He is equally at
ease one-on-one, talking with large groups
or giving a presentation, and makes a great
effort to ensure he is truly hearing the other
person’s input.
“I know that I can go talk to Dean
De Rossi about whatever is on my mind,”
said Korry Tauber, DDS Candidate 2018.
“He’s been really accessible to the students
during his time here, and we appreciate
that.”
To De Rossi, being available is
essentially a no-brainer.
“One of the things I’m especially
committed to is earning the trust of the
school and alumni communities. I plan to
be as transparent as possible with all our
constituents so that, together, we can
move past that state of transparency to
a state of trust,” said De Rossi. “Being
accessible and available is part of building
these relationships and letting people see
that I’m going to lead in a transparent way.”
If you find De Rossi in his office, you’re
likely to walk in and see him at his standing
desk working his way through his inbox.
Looking around you’ll see a six-foot
tall Fathead® of Rameses, book shelves
accented with photos of his family, and
walls adorned with framed degrees and
awards. The most recent addition to that set
is his Master of Business Administration,
which he completed in December 2016 just
weeks before moving to Chapel Hill. And,
a Massachusetts boy by birth, he has a
couple items in front of his Carolina blue
“It’s important
that employees,
alumni and
students alike
know that I value
them as people
— that I value
their opinions,
and that my
door is open
whenever
they need.”
“It’s so easy to
get into a habit
of doing what’s
always been done,
especially when
you’re not be
challenged to
do it differently.
I like to be the
person who
challenges the
process.”
Connect with Dean De Rossi
on social media!
Dean Scott S. De Rossi
@_deanderossi
@_deanderossi
own. That hasn’t stopped him from setting
that bar for himself and for the school at
large, though. He knows that to get there,
he’ll be relying on every faculty and staff
member, and each student, and standing
on the shoulders of the school’s storied and
accomplished alumni base.
“Pushing into the next phase of
recognition and excellence is something
that we’ll all have to work toward together,”
he explained. “When you say ‘UNC
Dentistry’ now to someone, excellence in
dentistry is already what comes to mind. I
want us to move beyond excellence. My
hope is that eventually when you say
‘dentistry’ to someone, they won’t think of
any place other than UNC.”
Right now, De Rossi is in Chapel Hill
without his family. His wife, Dr. Kate
Ciarrocca, and their daughters, Sofia and
Evie, are finishing the academic year at
their home outside of Augusta, Ga. He
made the move without them in early
January, bringing along the family pets:
their dog, Charles, and their cat, Forrest.
Most weekends, Ciarrocca, Sofia and Evie
make the roughly five hour trip to Chapel
Hill to spend time in their new hometown.
They house hunt, try out restaurants and
take in some UNC games when they’re able.
“They’re so excited to make the move,”
De Rossi said, smiling. “It was a bit of a
hard sell for my teenage girls, who’ve spent
most of their lives in Georgia, when they
realized it meant leaving all their friends.
But, as anyone who’s been to Chapel Hill
knows, it doesn’t take long to fall in love
with this place.”
Once they’re here, De Rossi doesn’t see
much changing for him — other than the
fact that he’ll get to see his daughters and
wife each night after the emails quiet down
and the meetings cease for the day.
And each day, like the one before it, will
begin at 4:30 in the morning.
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accent wall that leave no question of his
allegiance to the New England Patriots and
five-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady.
De Rossi is careful to block “do not
disturb” time on his calendar so he can
attend to deadlines without interruption,
and he takes advantage of that quiet time
in his office to examine what’s being done
and consider if it could be done better.
“It’s so easy to get into a habit of doing
what’s always been done, especially when
you’re not being challenged to do it
differently,” he said. “I like to be the person
who challenges the process. Why are we
doing something? Is the way we’re doing it
effective? Is it the most effective? Can we
improve on it? That’s what I ask myself, and
in turn that’s what I ask everyone who
works for the school.”
Indeed, De Rossi strives to be an agent
of change for the School of Dentistry. While
he strongly wants the school to preserve its
roots and its top-tier reputation, he also
wants the school community to be
unafraid to ask how the school can be
better. And when he says that, he means
the whole school community, not just the
administration.
“One of the goals of my monthly staff
“Doughnuts with the Dean” breakfast is to
encourage our staff, who are often in the
trenches and are among the first to know
about an arising pain point, to come to
me with concerns and ideas,” he said.
“I believe that change can start from
anywhere in an organization; we just
have to be open to considering it.”
Considering change is just a part of
the battle. The more difficult part can be
embracing it.
“Change is needed in dental education,
and it’s coming in the profession at large,”
said De Rossi. “I want us to be leading that
change in every way we’re able.”
That’s not a challenge he takes lightly.
De Rossi is checklist-minded and goal-oriented,
and he is nothing if not
committed to cementing the UNC School
of Dentistry as the global leader in dental
education. One of his common refrains is
that he wants “UNC Dentistry” to be as
synonymous globally with dentistry as
“Mayo Clinic” is with medicine.
He knows that’s not something that can
be done in short order, and he’s aware that
it’s not something that he can do on his
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“Change is
needed in dental
education, and
it’s coming in
the profession
at large. I want
us to be leading
that change
in every way
we’re able.”
“My hope is
that eventually
when you say
‘dentistry’ to
someone, they
won’t think of
any place other
than UNC.”
Scott S. De Rossi
DEAN AND PROFESSOR
DMD, University of Pennsylvania
School of Dental Medicine, 1995
Certificate in Oral Medicine,
University of Pennsylvania
Medical Center, 1997
MBA, Augusta University Hull
College of Business, 2016
Diplomate, American Board of
Oral Medicine
Member: ADA, ADEA, AADR
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Much like the UNC School of Dentistry,
the school’s Dental Sleep Medicine (DSM)
Clinic was built from somewhat humble
beginnings. Prior to 2009, only a modest
number of patients were referred to the
school for the treatment of sleep-disordered
breathing, and these patients
were seen typically by faculty in the
Department of Orthodontics or the
Department of Prosthodontics. The DSM
Clinic lacked its own identity. But Dr. Greg
Essick, current director of the DSM Clinic
and professor in the Department of
Prosthodontics, saw great potential.
Since January 2009 the DSM Clinic,
under Essick’s guidance, has progressively
grown to its current state. Now in its ninth
year, the clinic is a patient care, education
and research facility, and is recognized by
the school’s Dental Faculty Practice as its
own specialty clinic as of August 2016.
“We’re very fortunate here at UNC to
have such a clinic,” said Essick. “Our school
is one of very few schools that has such a
distinction, conducts research in DSM, or
provides hands-on training in DSM to
dentists in the community.”
A dedicated DSM Clinic existing is rare
for dental schools, and equally rare is that a
school’s Dental Faculty Practice would
recognize it as its own standalone clinic.
But because the clinic also supports
education and research efforts, the UNC
DSM Clinic is especially unique.
For a little more than a year now, the
DSM Clinic has existed in its own clinical
space in Tarrson Hall. This positions the
clinic well for collaborative efforts as well
as providing integrated care, as it is
situated near UNC Hospitals and in the
same building as all of the school’s other
dental clinics.
“I’m proud that the clinic is integrated
into the School of Dentistry,” said Essick.
“Being located adjacent to UNC Hospitals
enhances what we’re able to do as
providers interprofessionally for our
patients and as educators for our students.
Training experiences for students, residents
and fellows within and outside the School
of Dentistry are all available.”
For patients, the clinic can provide any
number of services, including evaluations
for oral appliance therapy and
coordination of oral appliance therapy with
CPAP therapy. The clinic accepts most
insurances in addition to Medicare and
Medicaid, and is accepting referrals.
This spring in partnership with the
American Academy of Craniofacial Pain,
Essick also offered the inaugural mini-residency
in dental sleep medicine, a
six-day continuing dental education course
that takes place over three weekends. The
spring course quickly became a sellout,
and dates have already been set for the
second offering in the spring of 2018.
Moreover, plans are underway to offer a CE
course in DSM practice management.
“It’s exciting when I think about how the
Dental Sleep Medicine program has grown
over the years, and I’m looking forward to
finding new ways to evolve the clinic in the
future,” said Essick.
A UNC Distinction:
The Dental Sleep Medicine Clinic
De Rossi: “I’m home”
BY: GARY MOSS, UNIVERSITY GAZETTE
Since his arrival as dean of the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of
Dentistry in January, Scott S. De Rossi has
made it a point to be a visible presence.
He routinely spends lunch hours in the
dental school atrium talking with students,
faculty and staff, and is a regular visitor to
the school’s various units, departments and
the dental clinic.
Chancellor Carol L. Folt singled out
De Rossi’s passion for his profession and
for people when she introduced him during
a welcoming celebration on March 30 at
the Koury Oral Health Sciences Building.
“It is wonderful to have this welcoming
ceremony because Scott has become
such a part of this community already,”
Folt said. “He has been a dynamo from
the day he arrived.”
A dynamo, she added, who sometimes
brings doughnuts.
“I heard you have a “Doughnuts with
the Dean” and I started thinking, ‘Teeth?
Doughnuts with the Dean?’”
She paused.
“So do you brush your teeth right after
eating doughnuts? I actually want to come
to that, having a sweet tooth myself.”
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost
James W. Dean Jr. said De Rossi
demonstrated his leadership ability as the
previous department chair at Augusta
University’s Dental College of Georgia.
He brings to Carolina a distinguished
scholarly record and a respected clinical
history.
But what made De Rossi rise above other
candidates for the position was his passion
about providing students with the best
education possible and patients with the
best possible care.
“While going through the process of
recruitment and selection, one of the things
that most stood out about Scott was his
contagious energy and enthusiasm for
dentistry, which is clearly heartfelt and
deeply felt and really something I
completely respect to have that sort of
passion for one’s areas of work,” Dean said.
De Rossi earned his doctor of dental
medicine degree from the University of
Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine,
graduating with highest honors, and a
certificate in oral medicine from the
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
He earned a bachelor of science degree
from Providence College, and in December,
earned a master’s degree in business
administration from Augusta University’s
Hull College of Business.
Folt noted that De Rossi comes from
Augusta – a place where wearing green
jackets is customary this time of the year.
But from the time De Rossi found out
he was coming to Carolina, Folt said,
De Rossi took to wearing Caroline blue.
De Rossi offered this explanation when he
took the stage: “I know that my success has
in no small part been due to the students,
faculty, staff and colleagues that I have
worked with over my years in academia But
I’m home. UNC is truly a special place with
special programs and special people.”
“Our students and residents are extremely
bright and passionate. Our faculty is world-renowned
and forward thinking. Our staff
is extremely hardworking and dedicated.
Our alumni are accomplished, influential
and unfailingly loyal.”
To have such a vibrant school community,
De Rossi added, is a distinction in and of
itself.
“But to have it incorporated into one of
the preeminent institutions in the world,
in the University of North Carolina, really
makes it a place that is second to none,”
De Rossi said.
“Dental medicine, like all professions, is
evolving rapidly.” Here at Carolina, he said,
“we will lead that change by developing
nimble oral health professionals” able to
adapt to shifting demographics of disease,
ready to use emerging technologies and
capable of developing new health-care
delivery models to reach more people.
“We will engage digital dentistry, both in
the classroom and in the clinic, allowing
us to better serve our students and our
patients,” De Rossi said. “And to meet the
mission of the University, we will engage
globally, bringing benefits of teaching,
research and service to individuals in
communities locally and throughout the
world.”
Photo courtesy of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Dr. N. Shaun Matthews, clinical
associate professor in the Department
of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, was
honored by the government of Barbados
with the Barbados Golden Jubilee Award.
The Barbados Golden Jubilee Award
recognizes persons from Barbados who
have lived and worked in the United
Kingdom and have performed outstanding
service in their profession. Matthews, a
native of Barbados, was selected for this
honor because of his service to the people
of Barbados through his work in the
United Kingdom in medicine and surgery.
“I am extremely honored to have
received this award, as part of the 50th
anniversary of independence of my home
country, Barbados,” said Matthews. “For
such a small island in the Caribbean that
boasts the pop star Rhianna as its most
famous export to have produced so
many individuals who have excelled
internationally in their field of endeavor is
a real tribute to the educational system on
the island. I am enormously proud to be a
Bajan and hope to continue
my charity work on the
island for many years to
come”.
Matthews received the
award at the Savoy Hotel
in London, England in late
October. The ceremony that evening
was part of the celebration of the 50th
anniversary of independence of Barbados,
which was celebrated officially on
November 30. Prime Minister of Barbados
Freundel Stuart and Sir Garfield Sobers, a
Barbados cricket legend who was knighted
by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to the
sport, presented Matthews with the honor.
After receiving all his education through
high school on the island, Matthews
ventured to United Kingdom for his
university studies: first dentistry in
Scotland, then medicine in London. He
spent three years as a resident in general
surgery and general medicine followed by
five years doing oral and maxillofacial
surgery. At the completion of his training,
he was appointed consultant at
Hammersmith Hospitals. Three years
later, he was appointed Consultant at
King’s College Hospital in London where
he remained for nine years.
During his time at King’s College
Hospital, Matthews developed an
interest in TMJ problems and created
an interdisciplinary group with pain
specialists, surgeons, psychiatrists,
physiotherapists, restorative dentists,
maxillofacial prosthetists and others to
provide comprehensive care for this
population. This team is the only
comprehensive unit of its type in the
entire UK.
Matthews is a well-known thought
leader in oral and maxillofacial surgery and
has been published widely in international
journals. He maintains membership in a
number of professional organizations,
including the American Society of TMJ
Surgeons, and has lectured and presented
abstracts at numerous professional
meetings.
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Matthews Honored by Barbados for Outstanding Service
Matthews
Members of the American Association
for Dental Research (AADR) elected Dr. J.
Timothy Wright to serve as the next vice
president of AADR. His term began at the
conclusion of the 46th AADR Annual
Meeting in San Francisco, Calif., March
22-25, 2017.
“Working with the leadership and
members of the AADR will be an exciting
and rewarding endeavor as we work to
support and advance craniofacial and
dental research,” said Wright, James
Bawden Distinguished Professor, director
of strategic initiatives and member of the
Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the
UNC School of Dentistry.
As vice president of AADR, Wright
works to support the AADR mission and
the vision of the Board of Directors. After
serving as vice president, he will remain
on the AADR Board of Directors for three
consecutive terms as president-elect,
president and immediate past president.
Since joining AADR in 1981, he has
participated in a broad range of the
Association’s activities, including serving
in the leadership of the AADR Alabama
Section and the AADR North Carolina
Section. He also served as a part of the
AADR Board of Directors as a member-at-large
from 2013-16. This year, Wright was
inducted into the inaugural class of AADR
Fellows, which is a program designed to
recognize leaders of AADR and individuals
who have served AADR in various ways
throughout their careers.
Wright earned his
DDS from West Virginia
University School of
Dentistry and an MS and
a certificate in pediatric
dentistry from the
University of Alabama at Birmingham.
His postdoctoral training includes a
fellowship in cariology research and a
teacher training fellowship in medical
genetics.
His research focuses primarily on
mineralized tissues and genetics. This
led to his election as counselor for the
International Association for Dental
Research (IADR) Mineralized Tissue Group
from 2000-05, and later as the group’s
vice president and president. Wright has
served on the IADR Science Information
Committee and Fellowships Committee.
In 2014, Wright received the IADR Basic
Research in Biological Mineralization
Award, an award considered one of IADR’s
highest honors.
Wright Elected Vice President of the American Association for Dental Research
Wright
Dr. Gustavo “Gus”
Oliveira, clinical assistant
professor in the
Department of Operative
Dentistry, has been named
the inaugural recipient of
the Academy of Operative
Dentistry’s Rising Star Faculty Award. The
newly established award recognizes and
promotes excellence in the pursuit of
teaching clinical dentistry by faculty early
in their careers.
“It is an immense honor to have been
selected as the recipient of the Academy’s
Inaugural Rising Star Faculty award,” said
Oliveira. “What a pleasant surprise! Many
different people exerted a strong influence
on me over the years. In a sense, they are
all recipients of this award too. I am also
profoundly happy to be able to represent
our Department of Operative Dentistry and
beloved UNC, and I hope to continue to do
so for many years to come!”
As the Rising Star Faculty Award
recipient, Oliveira will be formally honored
at the Academy of Operative Dentistry’s
annual meeting in February 2018. He will
receive a cash award to augment and foster
his scholarship, a commemorative award,
complimentary meeting registration and a
stipend toward travel expenses. Oliveira
will accept the award in person and also
present a table clinic
during the meeting.
“I am thrilled that
Dr. Oliveira was
selected as the
recipient of this
prestigious award. He
is indeed a rising star
with unwavering
dedication to teaching clinical dentistry.
This is a well-suited honor for Dr. Oliveira,
and a distinction of which he is very
deserving,” said Dr. André Ritter, chair of
the Department of Operative Dentistry and
author of Oliveira’s nomination.
Oliveira returned to the UNC School of
Dentistry in early
2016 after a stint
serving as an
assistant professor in
the University of
Louisville School of
Dentistry
Department of
General Dentistry
and Oral Medicine. He earned his DDS
degree from the Federal University of Santa
Catarina, Brazil, after which he practiced
for one year before relocating to the U.S.
He enrolled in the school’s Operative
Dentistry Graduate Program in 2006 and
earned his master’s and certificate in
operative dentistry in 2009, at which time
he joined the University of Louisville
faculty. He is a member of the American
Dental Association, the American Dental
Education Association and the Academy of
Operative Dentistry. Oliveira is the author
of a score of articles published in highly
regarded journals covering a number of
topics.
The Rising Star Faculty Award is
supported by the Academy of Operative
Dentistry’s Founders Fund. The biennial
award is designed to encourage, stimulate
and support early-career faculty clinicians
in their profession.
Olivera Awarded
Inaugural Academy
of Operative
Dentistry Faculty
Excellence Award
Olivera
“Working with the
leadership and members
of the AADR will be an
exciting and rewarding
endeavor as we work to
support and advance
craniofacial and dental
research.”
“Many different people
exerted a strong
influence on me over
the years. In a sense,
they are all recipients
of this award too.”
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In Memoriam
On March 2, Dr. William Douglas
Strickland, alumnus of the DDS Class of
1956 and longtime faculty member in the
Department of Operative Dentistry, passed
away at the age of 89.
Strickland enrolled at the UNC School
of Dentistry in fall 1952 as part of the DDS
Class of 1956. He graduated first in his class
and was asked to join the school’s faculty
upon his graduation. He dedicated his
career to educating students at the school,
spending 30 years as a member of the
Department of Operative Dentistry faculty.
In 1969, he won the inaugural Richard F.
Hunt, Jr. Memorial Award for Excellence in
Predoctoral Teaching, which is awarded
based on student vote and remains the
school’s highest teaching honor. After 30
years at UNC, Strickland left academia and
spent his final eight professional years in
private practice before retiring.
Prior to attending UNC, Strickland
earned his bachelor’s degree from Wake
Forest University and spent two
years in the U.S. Army.
Strickland was a fellow of
the International College of
Dentists and also the American
College of Dentists, and
recorder for the national dental
fraternity, Psi Omega.
After his retirement,
Strickland took up duck carving
and became an award-winning competitor.
Of his past times, he most enjoyed golf,
something that only his passion for the Tar
Heels surpassed. He was a member of
Antioch Baptist Church and was known
among his friends for his positive attitude
and infectious laugh.
Strickland was predeceased by his first
wife, Barbara Cheek Strickland (1993) and
his son, James Douglas Strickland (2014).
He is survived by his wife of 39
years, Lynn Taylor Strickland;
his daughter and two sons, and
their spouses; his 10
grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family
requests contributions be
made to the Dr. W. Douglas
Strickland Faculty Support
Fund (mail to: Dental Foundation of North
Carolina, Attn. Paul Gardner, Campus Box
7450, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7450); Antioch
Baptist Church Technology Ministry (1707
White Cross Rd., Chapel Hill, NC 27516);
or UNC Hospice (287 East St., Suite 221,
Pittsboro, NC 27312).
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Dr. William Douglas Strickland ’56
On February 4, Dr. Philip
Francis Hirsch, former director
of the school’s Dental Research
Center, passed away at the age
of 91.
Hirsch began his work at
UNC in 1966 when he joined
the University as a professor of
pharmacology. In 1975, he
became the director of the
Dental Research Center at the UNC School
of Dentistry. He held this position for seven
years, until 1983, and he stayed on faculty
at the school until his retirement in 1992. At
that time, he was named Professor
Emeritus of pharmacology and dental
ecology. During his time at the University,
Hirsch was awarded a one-year Kenan
Leave to pursue research at the Hospital St.
Antoine in Paris, France in 1974.
Prior to joining UNC, Hirsch served in
the U.S. Army for three years as part of the
27th Infantry Division Band.
Following his discharge from
service, Hirsch enrolled at the
University of California at
Berkeley, from which he
earned his bachelor’s degree in
chemistry in 1950 and his
doctorate degree in physiology
in 1954. Following his
graduation he relocated to
Harvard University, where he worked from
1955-64. He then worked at the Lawrence
Livermore Radiation Laboratory for two
years before joining UNC.
His research focused on hormonal
control in the metabolism of calcium.
During his time at Harvard University,
Hirsch discovered the hormone calcitonin,
which is produced by the thyroid and helps
regulate the blood’s calcium and
phosphate levels. He continued his study of
calcitonin throughout his career.
Outside of dentistry, Hirsch was
interested in politics and what is now
called “social justice.” In 1968, he was
personally thanked by Sen. Eugene
McCarthy for his assistance in Sen.
McCarthy’s run for the presidential
nomination. During the 1970s, Dr. Hirsch
was part of a slate of candidates that
successfully took over the board of the
Chapel Hill YMCA. He served the University
and his community in many other ways.
Hirsch is survived by his spouse of 60
years, Eugenia A. Hirsch; children, Steven P.
Hirsch (Elizabeth Blevins), of Ashton, Md.;
Lisa Hirsch, of Miami, FL; Kenneth Hirsch
(Marion), of Chapel Hill, N.C.; Nancy
Hirsch, of Colorado Springs, Colo.; and
seven grandchildren. He was preceded in
death by his brothers, Leo Hirsch, of San
Francisco, Calif.; and Martin Hirsch, of Los
Angeles, Calif.
Dr. Philip Francis Hirsch
UNC School of Dentistry researchers
are the first to successfully find a gene
variant associated with chronic
periodontitis in a genome-wide
association study. The discovery
was made in a large ongoing study
of the Hispanic/Latino community.
“What makes this especially
exciting is that, following the
identification of the gene variant,
we then replicated the finding in an
independent cohort,” said Dr. Anne
Sanders, associate professor in the
Department of Dental Ecology.
During their research, faculty
members identified a genome-wide
significant association signal and four
others with suggestive evidence of
association to chronic periodontitis. It
was the significant association which
was later replicated in a second study
of African-American subjects.
“This discovery has
implications for personalized medicine.
Future prevention of complex, common
diseases with a genetic basis like chronic
periodontitis will consider each patient’s
unique genetic profile. For people who
develop the disease, knowledge of this
genetic information will help dentists
choose treatment strategies that will be
most effective for the patient,” said
Sanders.
Sanders and Dr. Kimon Divaris,
associate professor in the Department of
Pediatric Dentistry, are first and senior
authors of this research, published in the
January 2017 issue of Journal of Dental
Research. Other UNC School of Dentistry
faculty who contributed to the research
were Dr. Steven Offenbacher, chair of the
Department of Periodontology and Kenan
Distinguished Professor, and Dr. Jim Beck,
Distinguished Professor in the
Department of Dental Ecology.
Sanders
Divaris
School Researchers
First to Locate Gene Variant
Linked to Chronic Periodontitis
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Faculty Receive Travel Grants to Attend ADEA
Five faculty received a travel grant from the Dental Foundation
of North Carolina to attend the 2017 American Dental Education
Association (ADEA) meeting in Long Beach, Calif. The mission
of ADEA is to lead individuals and institutions of the dental
education community to address contemporary issues
influencing education, research, and the delivery of oral health
care for the health of the public. The faculty will soon provide
a Faculty “Teach-Back” Lunch and Learn to share information
they learned at the meeting with other school faculty.
Dr. Sumitha Ahmed, Clinical Assistant Professor,
Department of Operative Dentistry
Dr. Ahmed serves as director of Preclinical Operative Dentistry,
co-director of educational research group within the
Department of Operative Dentistry, and a DDS
Clinic Group Practice director. After receiving a
Bachelor in Dental Surgery from Rajiv Gandhi
University of Health Sciences and completion of
an AEGD rotation, she practiced in India before
moving to the U.S. In the U.S., she worked in
private practice until returning to school. She
earned a Certificate in Dental Hygiene from the
school, and later her Master of Science in operative dentistry.
She is an active member of the Academy of Operative
Dentistry, ADEA and the International Association of Dental
Research.
Dr. Sun-Yung Bak, Clinical Assistant
Professor, Department of Prosthodontics
Dr. Bak is the course director for complete
dentures for the second-year dental students
and works in the Removable Clinic with third-year
dental students. Bak received her Doctor
of Dental Surgery in 1998 from the University of
Michigan School of Dentistry and completed a
general practice residency at Maimonides
Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. After 10 years
in private practice, Dr. Bak started prosthodontics training at
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, from which she
received her certificate. She then completed a fellowship in
maxillofacial prosthetics at the UCLA School of Dentistry. Bak
is a member of the American Dental Association, American
College of Prosthodontics, and American Academy of
Maxillofacial Prosthetics.
Professor Jennifer Harmon, Clinical Assistant
Professor, Department of Dental Ecology
Professor Harmon is the director of pre-clinic and clinic for
the first-year dental hygiene students, and the director of the
dental anatomy course, and prevention and
scaling course for first-year dental students.
Harmon received her Bachelor of Science in
Dental Hygiene in 2013 and her Master of
Science in Dental Hygiene Education in 2015,
both from UNC. Her master’s research project
was recognized with the 2015 IADR Outstanding
Student Abstract Award. Harmon serves as
president of the North Carolina Dental Hygienists’ Association
and also serves on the Board of Directors for the North
Carolina Caring Dental Professionals. She is also on the
International Advisory Board for the National Center for
Dental Hygiene Research and Practice.
Dr. Lew Lampiris, Clinical Associate Professor,
Department of Dental Ecology
Dr. Lampiris has served as director of the school’s Dentistry
in Service to the Community (DISC) program since July 2013.
After practicing general dentistry for 17 years,
Lampiris completed a Master in Public Health.
He served as State Dental Director in Illinois
and then as director of the American Dental
Association’s Council on Access, Prevention and
Interprofessional Relations. He is a recipient of
the Association of State and Territorial Dental
Directors Distinguished Service Award (2007),
an American Dental Association Presidential Citation (2010)
and the American Association of Public Health Dentistry’s
Distinguished Service Award (2013).
Dr. Andrea Zandona, Associate Professor,
Department of Operative Dentistry
Dr. Zandona leads the cariology curriculum at the school.
Zandona received her dental degree from Pontifícia
Universidade Católica do Paraná in Brazil, and
later earned her Master in Dental Sciences in
operative dentistry and a PhD in dental sciences
from Indiana University. She was a faculty
member at Indiana University until 2013, at
which time she joined UNC. Zandona has been
a member of the International Caries Detection
and Assessment System Committee and the
International Caries Classification and Management System
since their inception. She currently serves as vice president for
the CAMBRA Coalition. Zandona is a leading researcher in
caries detection, risk assessment and management, and has
published and lectured on prevention and management of
dental caries.
Formal Mentoring Program Updates:
The Formal Mentoring Program, implemented in March 2013
for all assistant professors in the School of Dentistry, currently
has 24 mentoring teams. There are four mentoring teams for
associate professors, for a total of 28 teams. Approximately
54 faculty (in addition to the 28 mentees) are participating on
mentoring teams. The program continues to receive national
recognition. At the 2017 ADEA meeting, Rebecca Wilder,
professor of Dental Ecology and director of Faculty
Development; Dr. Jessica Lee, chair and Demeritt Distinguished
Professor in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry; and
Dr. Janet Guthmiller, former associate dean for Academic
Affairs at UNC and current dean at the University of Nebraska
Medical Center College of Dentistry, presented a workshop
entitled, “Beyond Boundaries: Professional Development
through Mentoring and Academic Career Planning.”
facultyDEVELOPMENT
School Again Participates in Academy of
Academic Leadership
The Academy of
Academic Leadership
(AAL) is an organization
that provides
customized professional
development,
leadership training and
consulting services for
more than 100 higher
education institutions
throughout the world.
One of their offerings
is the Institute for
Teaching and Learning
(ITL) which is a
collaborative effort of the ADEA and the AAL. The ITL is
offered once per year in Atlanta, Ga. Current faculty and those
considering an academic position can participate in a two-phase
(on-site in Chapel Hill), six and one-half days, with
distance education modules between phases. Since 2007, more
than 23 full-time dental school faculty have graduated from the
ITL and enhanced their teaching because of the training they
received.
Two faculty completed the 2016 ITL: Dr. Sun-Yung Bak, clinical
assistant professor in the Department of Prosthodontics, and
Professor Tiffanie White, clinical assistant professor in the
Department of Dental Ecology. White was awarded an ADEA
Faculty of Color Scholarship to attend the ITL that paid for her
tuition.
Another joint offering of ADEA and AAL is the Chairs and
Academic Administrators Management Program (CAAMP), a
three-day workshop designed to enhance attendees’
management skills. Dr. N. Shaun Matthews, clinical associate
professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,
attended that workshop on an ADEA/AAL Faculty of Color
Tuition Scholarship for Professional Development.
Lampiris
Bak
Zandona
Ahmed
Harmon
Wilder Lee Guthmiller
Bak White Matthews
Since 2007, more than
23 full-time dental school
faculty have graduated
from the ITL and enhanced
their teaching because of
the training they received.
Clinical Update Series
Dr. Tim Wright, Bawden
Distinguished Professor of
Pediatric Dentistry, taught
the fall and spring Clinical
Update Series on the topic
of Silver Diamine Fluoride.
Wright
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STUDENT NEWS
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Dr. Tim Turvey was invited to speak
at the American Cleft Palate Craniofacial
Association Annual Meeting and also
the International Congress of Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery meeting.
Drs. Glenn Reside and Raymond White
were authors in a study published in
the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery entitled “Buffered Versus
Non-buffered Lidocaine with
Epinephrine for Mandibular Nerve
Block: Clinical Outcomes.”
Dr. Jessica Lee and Dr. Tim Wright
were invited to lecture at the annual
meeting of the Royal College of
Surgeons Ireland in Dublin, Ireland in
October 2017.
Dr. Flavia Teles has been nominated
to become an editorial board member
of the Journal of Dental Research. She
also has been appointed as a member
of the 2017-18 American Association
of Dental Research Edward H. Hatton
Awards committee. Most recently, she
received the IADR Women in Science
Award for Distinguished Research.
Dr. Pei Feng Lim has been appointed
as a site visitor for Advanced Orofacial
Programs, for the Commission on
Dental Accreditation.
Dr. Tim Wright presented at the
inaugural Dubai Pediatric Dentistry
Meeting and also as keynote speaker of
The Ohio State University College of
Dentistry Research Day.
Dr. Shaoping Zhang received the
inaugural Gold Medal Fellowship from
the American Dental Association.
Dr. Ashraf Fouad received the
Distinguished Scientist Award for Pulp
Biology and Regeneration from the
International Association of Dental
Research (IADR), at the IADR Meeting
in San Francisco, on March 22. He also
just published his textbook, Endodontic
Microbiology.
Dr. Michael Milano was presented with a
Golisano Health Leadership Award by
Special Olympics North Carolina for his
work with SONC providing free dental
exams, oral hygiene instruction and
mouth guards. He also won the Triangle
Business Journal 2017 Health Care Hero
Award.
Dr. Amelia Drake has been appointed
president-elect of the American Cleft
Palate-Craniofacial Association.
Dr. Lew Lampiris was installed as chair
of the Community and Preventive
Dentistry Section for the American
Dental Education Association.
Dr. Luiz Pimenta and Dr. Margot Stein
were pre-conference symposium speakers
at the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial
Association meeting.
Dr. Mike Roberts was appointed to the
American Board of Pediatric Dentistry
as an oral section examiner. He also was
elected president of the North Carolina
Academy of Pediatric Dentistry last
October.
Dr. Sylvia Frazier-Bowers was appointed
chair of the American Association of
Orthodontists Council on Scientific
Affairs.
Dr. Valerie Murrah represented the
American Academy of Oral and
Maxillofacial Pathology at the Intersociety
Pathology Council Meeting held in San
Antonio, Tex. in March at the U.S. and
Canadian Academy of Pathology Meeting.
The Intersociety Pathology Council is the
combined voice of all of the pathology
organizations in the U.S. and Canada.
Dr. Kimon Divaris presented at the
Carolina Center for Genome Sciences
and also at the Healthy Futures: Engaging
the Oral Health Community in Childhood
Obesity Prevention National Conference.
Dr. Luiz Pimenta was selected as a
participant in the American Association
of State Colleges and Universities’s
Emerging Leaders Program.
facultyNOTES
De’ja Alexander, DDS Candidate 2018,
was recently elected president of the
Student National Dental Association
(SNDA). She will serve in this capacity for
the national SNDA organization for one
academic year beginning July 2017.
“I am honored and delighted to serve as
the Student National Dental Association’s
next president,” said Alexander. “It will be
my pleasure to serve the committed
members of SNDA. I am looking forward
to working with the 2017-18 National
Executive Board and tackling the 2017-18
strategic plan.”
Alexander previously served the
national SNDA organization as its national
corresponding secretary. In that role,
she worked to increase communication
between the national executive board and
local chapters of SNDA. In her role as
president, she will work closely with the
national SNDA executive board to advance
the SNDA mission of providing access
to the underserved and to continue
improving the educational and social
experiences of minority students in dental
school.
“We’re incredibly proud of De’ja and
her election to this national position,” said
Scott S. De Rossi, school dean and
professor. “She is a leader here at UNC
and we know she’ll do a wonderful job
as president of the national SNDA
organization.”
Dr. Sylvia Frazier-Bowers, SNDA UNC
chapter faculty advisor, echoed De Rossi’s
comments: “Not only is De’ja a leader here
at UNC, she is an emerging
leader in the dental
profession. It never ceases
to amaze me how organized,
timely and creative she is in
her approach to serving the
organization. This election
represents a big accomplishment for De’ja,
but is most definitely something that
makes UNC SNDA proud.”
Alexander Elected
Student National
Dental Association
President
In March, the Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) held an open board meeting
during which they discussed fluoridation in water. The discussion was prompted by a serv-ice
outage that was, in part, due to the overfluoridation of water at one OWASA plant.
That meeting was of particular interest to the UNC School of Dentistry school community,
and eight DDS students, as well as a number of faculty members, attended the meeting.
Ann Danello, DDS Candidate 2019, spoke before the board in favor of fluoridation.
“The testimony coming from our students was powerful
and compelling, as evidenced by the careful attention of
the board members when Ann spoke before the board,”
said Dr. Lew Lampiris, director of the Dentistry in Service
to Communities program and faculty advisor for ENNEAD,
our school’s chapter of the American Association of
Public Health Dentistry. “We should all be very proud.”
Chair of the OWASA Board of Directors, John Young, sent
an email to the group following the meeting. It said, in part,
“Thank you for sharing the views of the UNC student chapter
of the American Association of Public Health Dentistry.
Ms. Danello, thank you for speaking at last night’s meeting. I personally appreciated your
message about bringing a youthful, questioning mind to the consideration of fluoride.”
Following the board meeting, OWASA decided not to conduct another in-depth review of
the policy of adding fluoride to water, meaning the current policy of fluoridation will stand.
Alexander
Students Speak Up for Fluoridation
“She is a leader here at UNC and we know she’ll do a wonderful
job as president of the national SNDA organization.”
Dean Scott De Rossi
CORRECTION — In the last issue
of the North Carolina Dental Review,
we failed to include all the faculty
development program mentors.
Here is the completion of that list:
Dr. Morris Weinberger
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Dr. Jane Weintraub
Department of Dental Ecology
Dr. Bernard Weissman
UNC School of Medicine
Dr. Al Wilder
Department of Operative Dentistry
Professor Rebecca Wilder
Department of Dental Ecology
Dr. Tim Wright
Department of Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Mitsuo Yamauchi
Department of Periodontology
Dr. Thom Ziemiecki
Department of Prosthodontics
.
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On Friday, Feb. 3, more than 200
volunteers welcomed more than 100
Durham Early Head Start three-year-olds to
the UNC School of Dentistry for free dental
services and overall health education. The
event was the fourth annual Give Kids a
Smile Day held at UNC.
The children received dental treatment
from UNC School of Dentistry student
dentists, hygienists and residents. The care,
provided more than 70 of the attending
children, included an oral screening,
fluoride varnish treatment and, when
necessary, referral to another facility for
further dental care. If provided through
private practice, the care would have cost
approximately $5,900 in total.
“There are scary noises. There’s water.
There’s suction. There’s buzzing. There are
motors. I can understand that [coming to
the dentist] can be scary and
overwhelming,” said Natalie Dunlop, DDS
candidate 2018 and event co-chair. “We
just want to show them that it’s not scary.”
The school’s Give Kids a Smile Day
event is different than most because it’s an
interprofessional event. In addition to
receiving dental care, the children attend a
health fair. Volunteers from dentistry were
joined by those from the UNC School of
Medicine, the UNC School of Nursing, the
Eshelman School of Pharmacy, the Gillings
School of Global Public Health and UNC
athletics to offer a focus on overall health.
The multi-station health fair included one
station designed to get the children
moving, a “Be the Dentist” station where
the children dressed like a dentist, and a
variety of other stations that shared
information on hand washing, the
difference in medicine and candy, good
nutrition habits, how your body works, and
how to brush your teeth.
“By bringing the three-year-olds, we
permeate the [Head Start] centers with
knowledge about health care,” said Deric
Boston, the health manager at Durham
Head Start. “This type of event helps them
to deal with some of their preconceived
notions. If their family is not pressed to go
to the dentist, this gives them a desire to
get themselves to the dentist.”
Dunlop planned the event with fellow
co-chairs Taylor Harlan and Janice Ko, both
DDS candidates 2018, co-chair Jaehee Yoo,
DDS candidate 2019, and a committee
made up primarily of student volunteers.
The school’s Give Kids a Smile Day was
again held in conjunction with the
American Dental Association’s annual Give
Kids a Smile Day, a program that began 15
years ago to address and raise awareness of
untreated dental disease in children.
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Students Provide Nearly $6,000 in
Free Dental Care to Local Children
“We just want to show
[kids] that it’s not scary.”
GIVE KIDS A SMILE DAY 2017
Natalie Dunlop, DDS candidate 2018 and event co-chair
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Each year, our rising fourth-year students participate in the
Department of Dental Ecology’s Dentistry in Service to
Communities (DISC) program. The extramural program, which
is one of the nation’s first service learning programs, has been
in existence for more than 45 years and is considered a model
program for other dental schools. Participation in the DISC
extramural rotation is a required part of the DDS curriculum.
“Service learning allows students to witness the disproportionate burden of oral disease
manifest in underserved and vulnerable populations,” said Dr. Lew Lampiris, director of
the DISC program. “The program provides our students the opportunity to hone their
clinical skills and, of equal if not greater importance, to experience the rewards of servicing
a diverse patient population. Students develop an experiential understanding of the
environmental and social determinants that impact individual population and oral health.”
The goals of the program are to
expose the students to patients
unlike those usually seen at the
UNC School of Dentistry and
also to provide students an
opportunity to observe and
participate in a variety of
different community-based
health care systems. The
assignments the students receive for their rotation are vast; many conduct their rotations
at federally qualified health centers, county public health clinics, correctional centers and
hospitals in both rural and urban areas throughout N.C. and the nation.
“No matter what path our students chose for their dental career, all the students feel as
though they benefit greatly from these rotations,” said Dr. Lampiris. “It’s an experience
we’re proud to offer to our students during their education here at UNC.”
DDS StudentsDISC
Serve through
The program exposes students to patients unlike
those usually seen at the UNC School of Dentistry
and provides them an opportunity to participate in
a variety of community-based health care systems.
SPECIAL SECTION
The American Dental Association
Foundation (ADAF) awarded the UNC
School of Dentistry’s Student National
Dental Association (SNDA) with this year’s
E. Bud Tarrson Dental School Student
Community Leadership Award. The award
recognizes SNDA’s work at its CAARE clinic,
based in Durham, N.C., where SNDA
provides free dental care to adults.
“The SNDA chapter never ceases to
amaze me with their intellect and energy
and professionalism in service,” said Sylvia
Frazier-Bowers, associate professor in the
Department of Orthodontics. “These bright
and compassionate students show a rare
dedication to making a difference in the
community and world through service. The
CAARE clinic is a model of service and
learning that benefits the community and
the students’ dental education. We are so
proud of the impact that their contribution
makes for the school and the community at
large. This award is certainly befitting of
their tireless efforts all year long!”
The SNDA CAARE Clinic was
established to help bridge the gap in access
to care for the underserved population in
Durham. It was inspired by Vincent Allison,
DDS ’87, current president of the Old North
State Dental Society and adjunct associate
professor at the school. Since its inception
in 2012, students have provided oral care,
oral health education, nutritional
counseling, and overall health and wellness
screenings at no cost to patients. Last year
alone, students provided more than
$40,000 worth of free dental care. Care is
provided three Tuesdays and one
Wednesday a month during school
semesters.
“None of this would be possible without
the dedication and support from our
CAARE Clinic advisors Dr. Allison and Dr.
Webster-Cyriaque, and the countless
volunteer hours from our SNDA members.
They are truly committed to making a
difference and serving the underserved,”
said Keyachtta Hawkins, CAARE Clinic
head coordinator and president of UNC
SNDA. “We are grateful to receive this
award as it will be a tremendous help in
obtaining the instruments and materials
we need to allow us to improve the quality
of care and the number of patients we are
able to treat.”
As head coordinator, Hawkins works
closely with other student clinic
coordinators: Tariq Jah, Donna Thomas,
Brittany Spruiell, Tempestt Head and
Christian Hart.
The Tarrson award, valued at $5,000, is
given to dental school programs
demonstrating excellence in providing care
for underserved populations within the
United States. SNDA CAARE Clinic was
one of seven programs selected to
receive this honor.
Durham-based
Student-led Dental Clinic
Wins National Award
“The CAARE clinic is a model of service
and learning that benefits the community
and the students’ dental education.”
Sylvia Frazier-Bowers
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I already had a vision of what public health
dentistry would look like: dimly lit, poorly
outfitted operatories in a run-down county health
department building. A dental team disinterested
in patient care, with a pervasive “I’m over it”
sentiment. A clinic fraught with no-shows and poor
patient compliance, acting as a safety net for those
who just wanted a tooth extracted. My first day did
little to change that image, and I began preparing
myself to slowly but surely fall into this same
mindset.
However, the second day I was greeted by the
clinic director and began to see public health
dentistry in an entirely new light. I learned that
while it is still the safety net for the community,
many patients came to this office by choice with
private insurance. The care they provide is high
quality and they do more than just extract teeth.
While there, I was able to do a lot of removable,
which changed the lives of the
patients who had gone years
without teeth. Patient compliance
with appointments was impressive.
Patients returned for recall visits,
not only when they had a problem.
I realized that public health
dentistry can take care of the
maligned individual, making them feel as though
they belong, rather than making them feel like
they’re here only because there is nowhere else
to turn.
I saw how creating an environment in which
patients feel they are being treated the same
regardless of their socioeconomic status makes a
difference. The patients did not dread being there.
Private pay patients were treated the same as
patients on Medicaid. Because the patients were
treated well, they were more likely to come for
recalls and to complete treatment plans, rather
than only when they were in pain. Honestly, I
had not expected a public health clinic to have
any sort of recall system set up at all.
I left with a greater appreciation for public
health dentistry and the realization that my
assumptions were completely invalid. Provider
attitude can truly impact the patient’s compliance
and the patient’s comfort in the dental chair. Being
treated as though they matter leads patients to
make changes that improve their overall oral health.
It leads to a clinic that is more modeled after private
practice than a county health department. The
safety net is still there, but this practice sought more
to positively impact its community than to provide a
one-time service to an ailing patient. Going in to
this rotation, I could not have imagined coming
away with such a positive and hopeful outlook on
the future of public health.
Colven
Dispelling Assumptions
Gaston Family Health Services
Preston Colven
DDS Candidate 2018
This summer, I had the opportunity to rotate
through the Stanly County Health Department
pediatric dental office and work with one of the only
public health pediatric dentists in North Carolina.
She and her staff have a huge impact on the
community, especially the underserved children
who live there.
One afternoon we received a call from a mother
whose 12-year-old daughter’s teeth were bothering
her. When we saw her that afternoon, she was not in
any extreme pain, but several of her permanent
teeth had decay severe enough to require
extractions. The attending went on to discuss
treatment options with the mother and the child
was rescheduled to have several of her teeth
extracted a few days later.
The mother seemed unsurprised during the
visit, and the little girl didn’t seem to mind either. All
I could think was that this young girl was having her
teeth extracted. As a high schooler she would most
likely need a partial as her family could not afford
implants. I felt surprisingly emotional after the
patient left. I kept thinking about what it would be
like to go to sleepovers or play sports and have a
partial to worry about. Adolescence is hard enough
as it is.
When I think about this little girl, I think about
all of the other underserved children who had or
will have similar experiences. The parents of these
children likely shared similar experiences as
children. Without oral health education, none of
them stand a chance to move out of this situation.
How does the cycle stop? As a dental
professional, it is our role to educate families and
individuals about dental health. In-office education
is great and there are excellent programs being
implemented to help educate individuals and break
the cycle of poor dental health, but this is not
enough. There will always be
marginalized populations that
cannot be reached. This seems
negative, but I believe it to be
realistic. Fortunately, when these
individuals do have needs, we
will be there.
It pains me to think of the
12-year-old who will go through the rest of her life
without her teeth because she didn’t know any
better, but at some level I feel that we have to accept
this is reality. We can’t be superheroes, but we can
make every difference possible by staying active
in our profession and continuing to implement
innovative ways to educate the public. It is an
important part of my life and practice to ensure I do
all I can to educate and care for the community I
live in, and in doing so, I hope to expand my reach
to those marginalized groups.
Hamilton
Committing to Making a Difference
Stanly County Health Department
Phillip Hamilton
DDS Candidate 2017
All I could think was that this young girl was having
her [permanent] teeth extracted.
Being treated as though they matter leads patients to
make changes that improve their overall health.
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Short buzz. Wait. Long buzz. Large metal door
swings open. My days at the North Carolina
Correctional Institute for Women always began the
same. And suddenly, I was in a different world,
where straws are forbidden and a lucky few have
FM radios which are clear.
I felt guilty as I walked past dozens of women
merely passing time in their beige gowns. Rather
than intimidated, I felt sorry for whatever life
circumstances, mental illness, drug addiction or
poor choices had led these women here. With loving
parents, a structured home and expectations of
higher education, I had resources that many of
these women never had.
I felt especially vulnerable when observing a
particular consultation for an inmate. The patient,
a frail 18-year-old, reported being seven months
pregnant. She was quiet, timid and unwilling to
elaborate on her medical history.
We moved on to check her chief
complaint: a toothache. For the
first time, she put her head back,
stretched her mouth open and
pointed to the “spot.”
I had seen my fair share of
“meth mouth” in the prison. This
youthful, pregnant, beautiful girl, in her yellow
gown and a slight clutch of her belly, was not
someone I pegged to have such dental wreckage.
Every anterior tooth had large, glossy, black
expanses, when there was tooth structure left at
all … but she had yet to lose a crown.
She had a maxillary premolar causing her the
most pain, and the attending explained it would
need to be pulled. She began crying, asking for
alternatives and also for a mirror. I held out a hand
mirror for her, as she pointed to the premolar. She
then tried to smile. When she realized the extracted
site would be visible, she began crying again.
My heart ached for her. Sober, pregnant and
scared, it was clear she would be permanently
changed. So much was probably going “wrong” in
her life, and her vulnerability was heightened by the
loss of a single tooth and the change in her smile.
The attending was obligated to share with her all
of the teeth which were non-restorable. I watched
how delicately he explained that many of her teeth
were too far decayed, and how infection could cause
health concerns. It was reiterated that should she
choose not to extract all of the teeth, a dentist
outside of the prison may be able to perform
endodontics and fixed prosthodontics, but
prognosis is affected by drug use.
By the time the patient left, years and decisions
and lifestyle changes had caught up with her. I will
never forget what a sensitive discussion that was,
and how much the truth hurt her.
Hobbs
Extracting Kindness
North Carolina Correctional Institute for Women
Laura Hobbs
DDS Candidate 2017
And suddenly, I was in a different world, where straws
are forbidden and a lucky few have FM radios...
He explained that they didn’t get paid for five days
and they weren’t sure they could afford [antibiotics].
During my rotation at the general dental clinic of
McGees Crossroads, a husband and wife presented
to the clinic due to the wife’s urgent dental issue.
She arrived first thing hoping to be
seen as a walk-in. Several hours
later, I had the opportunity to
examine her. She had extensive
decay with pulpal involvement
on tooth 19. An active infection
had resulted in a large amount of
exta-oral swelling, which had
progressed rapidly the night prior. She went to
the emergency room late the night before and was
now at our clinic for treatment.
After extracting the tooth, we discussed pain
management options and the need for an antibiotic.
She said she didn’t want prescription pain
medication and asked for alternatives, which I
provided. Then I gave her the prescription for the
antibiotic. Her husband asked me what would
happen if she didn’t take the antibiotic. Curious, I
inquired about his concerns. He explained they
didn’t get paid for five days and they weren’t sure
they could afford it. This was also why she didn’t
want pain medication. For me, his answer had
major implications. They understood how serious
the condition was, but their financial situation was
so dire that they considered placing her under
further medical risk.
Initially, I was shocked and I fought the urge to
demand they fill the prescription. Instead I gathered
my thoughts and expressed my apologies for their
predicament. I reemphasized the importance of the
medication and requested that, if possible, they try
and fill the prescription. I suggested that they call
different pharmacies in hopes of finding it as cheap
as possible. They thanked me and left.
Once gone, I reflected on what happened. I
continued to struggle with the fact that we weren’t
discussing buying a new gadget or piece of clothing.
This was something so basic, so needed …
something that, if not taken, could have serious
consequences. As I thought about their situation, I
realized I have never faced a decision like that. For
maybe the first time, I truly felt empathy for those
that regularly face those choices.
This experience taught me how real the need is
for people to have access to affordable dental care.
Ultimately, my rotations raised my awareness for
the underserved populations and increased my
desire to prioritize giving back to those in need,
regardless of the geographic location or type of
office I work in.
Thomas
Allowances of Compassion
McGees Crossroads
Jordan Thomas
DDS Candidate 2017
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FOUNDATION NEWS
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During our walk-in hours on Thursday at
CommWell Health Center, a woman presented
with swelling leading to difficulty breathing. We
found that this patient had come in for phase one
of root canal treatment, but never came back for
completion. As a result, the canal had become
reinfected, leading to another periapical abscess
and swelling. My preceptor wrote a prescription
with the intention of telling the patient to come
back to finish the treatment.
As we walked into the operatory to deliver the
news, the patient was on the phone yelling, “What
do you mean it is being cut? This day could not get
any worse.” My immediate reaction was to walk out
of the room, but my preceptor took a seat near the
computer. So I remained in the room, staring at the
ground.
The woman got off of the phone and explained
that she woke up with the pain, she had been
struggling with getting food stamps, and that she
just found out her Medicaid
check was being cut. I felt very
overwhelmed by everything she
was saying. I thought back to the
Poverty Simulation and
remembered our “family”
struggling to get food stamps, take
care of the kids and pay bills. As
my mind wandered, my preceptor calmly said, “Just
breathe and know it is in God’s hands.” I could sense
the patient calm down a bit. My preceptor explained
that the pain was due to re-infection of the canal
and she would need to restart root canal treatment.
The patient expressed concern about the cost and,
without being prompted, the dental assistant
silently slipped out. She returned, having found
out that the treatment had been paid in full. The
patient began to tear up, expressing gratitude for
the good news on a day where everything seemed
to be going wrong.
I was impressed with how the dental team
worked together. Once the dental assistant became
aware of the situation, she left to check on the
financial status of this patient’s account. While first
taken aback that my preceptor took a seat in the
operatory while the patient was having a private
conversation, I saw how it allowed for the
discussion that needed to happen about finances.
This was an excellent reminder that the
responsibilities of a dentist go beyond merely fixing
a dental problem.
There is no class that can prepare one to deal
with situations like this, and I am now better
equipped to deal with similar situations in the
future. I will remember that it is my professional
responsibility to improve the patient’s quality of life
whether that be through dentistry or through
compassion.
Uraizee
Stopping to Understand
CommWell Health Center
Sofia Uraizee
DDS Candidate 2017
The responsibilities of a dentist go beyond merely
fixing a dental problem.
2016-17 Scholarship, Fellowship and Award Recipients
SCHOLARSHIPS
Claude Adams Jr. Scholarship
Dr. Claude Adams III established this fund to honor the memory
of his late father, Dr. Claude Adams, Jr., a dentist in Durham.
Sarah Lowman, Class of 2019
Richard Chu, Class of 2020
Minka Hotic, Class of 2019
Katrina Ashlin, Class of 2019
Asset Protection Group and Fortress Scholarship
Asset Protection Group is a friend and supporter of the dental
school, and has set up this scholarship to help students pay for
the cost of their education.
Caitlin Thomas, Class of 2017
The John and Charles Aycock Scholarship
Dr. Aycock, an alumnus of the DDS Class of 1967, established this
scholarship in his name and his father’s name to help students
manage the cost of their education.
Lindsey Pherribo, Class of 2017
Best of Dentistry Scholarship
This merit-based scholarship, which focuses on academic and/or
clinical excellence, is made possible by the donors and alumni
that attend the annual Best of Dentistry Weekend events.
Caroline Latta, Class of 2017
Dr. Rex B. Card Scholarship
Dr. Card, a 1980 graduate of the school, practices dentistry in
Raleigh and is a past-president of the North Carolina Dental
Society and also the North Carolina Academy of General Dentistry.
Sarah Spaltenstein, Class of 2019
Carolina First Campaign Scholarship
Made possible by many generous donors to the School of
Dentistry’s Carolina First Campaign.
Anne Boehling, DDS Class of 2017
Caroline Brown, DH Cass of 2018
Deborah Simmers, DA Class of 2017
Dr. Robert Russell Clark Memorial Scholarship
Made possible by a generous bequest from the late Anne Mills
Clark to honor her husband, Dr. Robert Russell Clark.
Mohammed Ali Ebn Alnassir, Class of 2018
Brian Swift, Class of 2017
Benjamin Johnson, Class of 2019
Benjamin Caple, Class of 2019
Taylor Sulkowski, Class of 2018
Dr. Roy Corderman Merit Scholarship
Created with an estate gift from the late Dr. Corderman, DDS ’55.
Abby Becherer, Class of 2018
Dr. and Mrs. Curtis Dailey Scholarship
Established in 2002.
Grant Fisher, Class of 2018
Delta Dental Plan of North Carolina Scholarship in Honor of
Dr. Glenn Bitler
A means of honoring Dr. Glenn Bitler, a former Delta Dental board
member and dentist in Raleigh.
Michelle Ruse, Class of 2019
Dental Assisting Scholarship
Made possible by many generous supporters.
Jennifer Cortez-Zamora, DA Class of 2017
Dental Friends Scholarship
Mr. and Mrs. H. Franklin Brooks, parents of School of Dentistry
graduate Richard Brooks, established this scholarship in 2001.
LaShawn Hart, Class of 2019
DFNC Merit Scholarship
Dr. David Jarvis from Rocky Mount, N.C. led the effort to create this
recurring scholarship.
Kate McPherson, Class of 2020
Alberta Dolan Dental Hygiene Scholarship
To honor Ms. Dolan, a dental hygiene professor emeritus, who worked at
the school for 30 years, beginning in January 1953 before the first dental
hygiene class came to campus the following September.
Katrina Knapp, DH Class of 2017
Janet and Dr. Charles Edrington Scholarship
This scholarship honors Janet Edrington and her late husband, Charlie
Edrington, who was a graduate of the University of Tennessee College of
Dentistry who practiced general dentistry in Sanford, NC for many years.
Christopher Von Bargen, Class of 2019
Dr. Randy and Mrs. Bobby Fussell Scholarship
This scholarship was established by Dr. Randy Fussell and his wife, Bobby.
Dr. Fussell is a 1990 graduate of the DDS program and his wife is also a
UNC-CH grad (1986 BSRS).
Haldis Anderson, Class of 2018
Glazener Family Scholarship
Established by Dr. and Mrs. Ken Glazener. Dr. Glazener has practiced
dentistry in North Carolina for many years, and his son, Todd, DDS ’99,
currently practices in Winston-Salem.
Tariq Jah, Class of 2019
Dr. James Baldwin Hancock Memorial Scholarship
Dr. Tom Browder established this scholarship to honor the memory of
his friend and mentor, Dr. James Hancock.
Evan Moore, Class of 2019
Miguel and Carolina Hernandez Memorial Scholarship
Dr. Dag Zapatero, along with his family and friends, established this
scholarship to honor the memory of his grandparents, Miguel and
Carolina Hernandez.
Megan Valdes, Class of 2019
Harald and Karen Heymann Scholarship for Academic Excellence
Established by Dr. and Mrs. Harald O. Heymann. Dr. Heymann
graduated from the school in 1978 and taught for many years in the
school's Department of Operative Dentistry.
Lindsey White, Class of 2019
The Dental Foundation of North Carolina honors those donors and
recipients of the Foundation’s endowed scholarships, fellowships
and awards. These endowments permitted the Foundation to
award more than $625,000 to dental assisting, dental hygiene,
DDS and post-DDS students for the 2016-17 academic year.
Mrs. Margaret & Dr. Bobby C. Raynor and Mrs. Jane & Dr.
George W. Ferguson Scholarship
Both Dr. and Mrs. B.C. Raynor are graduates and loyal supporters of
UNC. The Raynors established this scholarship to honor Mrs. Raynor’s
parents, Mrs. Jane Boos Ferguson and Dr. George William Ferguson.
Preston Colven, Class of 2017
Mrs. Margaret & Dr. Bobby C. Raynor and Mrs. Gretchen and
Dr. Robert A. Garcia Scholarship
The Raynors established this scholarship to honor Mrs. Raynor’s
sister, Gretchen Garcia and Mrs. Garcia’s late husband, Dr. Robert
Anthony Garcia.
Preston Ford, Class of 2018
Mrs. Margaret and Dr. Bobby C. Raynor-Harrell, Stamm, and
Gardner Scholarship
The Raynors established this scholarship to honor School of
Dentistry campaign leaders, Dr. James A. Harrell, Sr. and wife, Isabel;
Dr. John W. Stamm (UNC School of Dentistry Dean, 1989-2004,
Interim Dean 2010-2011) and wife, Dr. Carol Stamm; and Associate
Dean for Advancement Paul Gardner and wife, Ronni, for their
outstanding roles in the development of the UNC School of
Dentistry and the Dental Foundation of North Carolina.
Robert Porter, Class of 2020
Mrs. Margaret & Dr. Bobby C. Raynor and Mrs. Helen and
Dr. Murry W. Holland Scholarship
The Raynors established this scholarship to honor one of
Dr. Raynor’s favorite UNC School of Dentistry professors and
his wife, Dr. Murry W. Holland and Mrs. Helen H. Holland.
Kathryn McTigue, Class of 2018
Mrs. Margaret & Dr. Bobby C. Raynor and Mrs. Myra and
Dr. Monte G. Miska Scholarship
The Raynors established this scholarship to honor one of
Dr. Raynor’s favorite UNC School of Dentistry professors and
his wife, the late Dr. Monte G. Miska and Mrs. Myra Phelps Miska.
Logan Icenhour, Class of 2019
Mrs. Bertie Eleanor Raynor & Mr. Dervy William Raynor
Scholarship
The Raynors established this scholarship to honor Dr. Raynor’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dervy Raynor.
Danielle Burgess, Class of 2020
Dr. Scott R. Rehm Scholarship
This scholarship was established by Dr. Scott R. Rehm, a 1983
graduate of the BSDen program and a 1986 graduate of the DDS
program.
Megan Hayworth, Class of 2018
Eugene Rossitch Family Scholarship Fund
The late Mr. Rossitch was the father of two dental school graduates
(Alex and Michael) and the grandfather of another dental school
graduate (Katie). He loved his family and UNC, and saw this
scholarship as a good way to honor his family and the University.
Warren Byrd, Class of 2018
Dr. and Mrs. J. Ronald Sain Scholarship
Dr. Ron Sain and his wife, Karen, established this scholarship to
help students and to provide quality dental care to the people of
their region of the state.
Kristin Allison, Class of 2019
Jack P. and Grace Silvers Scholarship
The late Dr. Jack Silvers was a 1958 DDS and 1966 orthodontics
graduate who established this scholarship in 1988.
Erica Afanador, Class of 2017
Nehemiah Lawson, Class of 2019
Dr. Troy B. Sluder, Jr. Scholarship
Dr. Roy Corderman, DDS ’55, and his wife Ann established this
fund to honor their friend Dr. Troy Sluder, a beloved professor and
classmate of Dr. Corderman’s.
Kathryn Knier, Class of 2019
Clarence Lee Sockwell Scholarship
Dr. Sockwell is one of the teaching legends at the UNC School of
Dentistry. In addition to his expertise in dentistry, Dr. Sockwell has a
farming background, and he hopes to help other students from
farming communities.
Yiing-Shiuan Huang, Class of 2020
Dr. John B. Sowter Merit Scholarship
Made possible by a generous bequest by the late Dr. Jack Sowter
and his wife, Jackie.
Alyssa Wolff, Class of 2017
John Harvey Spell, Jr. DDS Memorial Scholarship
Elnaz Garah-Bash, Class of 2019
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. “Dink” Styers Scholarship
Dr. and Mrs. Styers wanted to honor his father and mother with
this fund that they established in 1999.
Meagan Laframboise, Class of 2019
Thomas P. Hinman Scholarship
This scholarship is provided by the Hinman Dental Society and is
given to DDS students who demonstrate academic merit in the field
of Operative Dentistry.
Michael Touloupas, Class of 2019
Sarah Barker, Class of 2017
Dr. Edmund Baxter Hopkins Memorial Scholarship
Established by Dr. Ken Glazener, friends and family of Dr. Edmund B.
Hopkins, a ’58 graduate of the school, who passed away in 2001.
Ryan Kearney, Class of 2019
Linda Paschall Jarvis Scholarship
Established by the friends and family of Linda Paschall Jarvis, a 1975
graduate of the UNC dental hygiene program, who passed away in
1996.
Brittney Poe, DH Class of 2017
Kendrick, Kendrick & Petersen Scholarship
The Charlotte Dental Society, with Dr. Jacob Freedland as a prime
mover, established the scholarship in 1966 to honor Dr. Vance Kendrick
initially and then Dr. Vaiden Kendrick. When Dr. Sidney D. Petersen
passed away, his name was also added to the scholarship fund.
Tsua Lor, Class of 2018
Priscilla Levine Scholarship
Created in memory of a beloved patient care coordinator at the
school who died in 1989.
Amina Masood, DH Class of 2017
Linville Family Scholarship
This scholarship was made possible by Dr. Walter S. Linville, Jr.
(DDS ’56), his daughter Dr. Lynn Linville-Lauritano (DDS ’82) and
their family to ease the financial burden of attending dental school.
Nichole Schiro, Class of 2017
Loblolly Dental Study Club
The Loblolly Study Club has been a longtime supporter of the UNC
School of Dentistry and established this scholarship to assist future
generations of North Carolina dentists.
Tatyania Moorhead, Class of 2019
Keith T. Macdonald and Family Scholarship
Dr. Macdonald is a 1981 graduate of the school and practices in
Archdale.
Zaineb Khan, Class of 2017
Kenneth N. and Georgia S. May Memorial Scholarship
Dr. Ken May established this scholarship to honor his parents’ memory.
Keara Vincent, Class of 2019
Dr. Raymond A. McKee Merit Scholarship
This scholarship was made possible through a bequest by
Dr. Raymond A. McKee, a 1960 graduate of the UNC School of
Dentistry, who practiced dentistry in Cherryville, NC.
Saryn Hooks, Class of 2018
Laura Silverstein, Class of 2018
Medical Security Scholarship for Leadership in Dentistry
Established in 2008 by the Medical Security Insurance Company.
Emily Ross, Class of 2019
Morgan Family Scholarship
Dr. Kenneth Morgan, Sr. and family established this scholarship in 1994.
Korry Tauber, Class of 2018
Mary Morgan Bitler, Class of 2018
Dr. H.V. Murray, Jr. Scholarship
The late Dr. Murray was a long-time teacher in the Department of
Prosthodontics at the UNC School of Dentistry.
Matthew Barnes, Class of 2017
Old North State Dental Society Scholarship
Made possible by many generous members of the Old North State
Dental Society.
De’Ja Alexander, Class of 2018
Christian Hart, Class of 2019
Robert W. and Maude B. Outland Scholarship
With his father, who received scholarship assistance during the Great
Depression, Dr. Robert Outland, Jr. set up a scholarship fund to help
outstanding students who will contribute to the future of health care in NC.
Nathaly Lemoine, Class of 2020
Joseph Short, Class of 2020
Eldon and Zetta Parks Scholarship
The late Dr. Eldon Parks served as a dentist in Elkin for 40 years.
Dayena Lee, Class of 2017
Dr. George and Nina Patterson Scholarship
Established by Dr. David S. Patterson, a 1982 graduate of the school,
to honor his parents Dr. George and Nina Patterson.
Joseph Bartholomew, Class of 2018
VICE PRESIDENT
Dr. Chris Reese
DDS Class of 1985
Claremont, N.C.
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Dr. Scott Eidson
DDS Class of 1978
Chapel Hill, N.C.
PRESIDENT
Dr. Kara Henderson
DDS Class of 2001
Warrenton, N.C.
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Dr. Rob Selden III
DDS Class of 1998
MS Class of 2001
Huntersville, N.C.
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Dr. Brad Adams
DDS Class of 2007
Goldsboro, N.C.
Dr. Shannitta Bridgers
DDS Class of 2008
MS Class of 2011
Garner, N.C.
Dr. Evelyn Brown
DDS Class of 2000
Cary, N.C.
Dr. Caroline Cheek-Hill
DDS Class of 1999
MS Class of 2002
Raleigh, N.C.
Dental Foundation of
North Carolina, Inc.
UNC School of Dentistry
Campus Box 7450
Chapel Hill, N.C. 27599-7450
O: (919) 537-3257
F: (919) 537-3097
www.dentistry.unc.edu/dfnc/
DENTAL FOUNDATION OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC.
2016-17 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dr. Jack Dunlevy
MS Class of 1987
Midlothian, Va.
Dr. Randy Fussell
DDS Class of 1990
Greenville, N.C.
Dr. Ken Glazenar
Lewisville, N.C.
Dr. Delores Hammer
DDS Class of 1982
Hickory, N.C.
Dr. Gavin Harrell
DDS Class of 1978
Elkin, N.C.
Dr. Mark Oliver
DDS Class of 1998
High Point, N.C.
Dr. Nicole Scheffler
DDS Class of 2002
MS Class of 2005
Boone, N.C.
Dr. Michael Touloupas
DDS Class of 1986
Burlington, N.C.
Dr. Kim Jones
DDS Class of 1991
Hickory, N.C.
Dr. Ben Lowe
DDS Class of 1990
MS Class of 1993
Burlington, N.C.
Dr. Todd McClain
MS Class of 2001
Durham, N.C.
Dr. Lee Bass Nunn
DDS Class of 1995
High Point, N.C.
EX-OFFICIO
Scott S. De Rossi, DMD, MBA
Dean, UNC School of Dentistry
Paul Gardner
Associate Dean of Advancement,
UNC School of Dentistry
Executive Director, Dental
Foundation of North Carolina
Kaushal Gandhi
DDS Class of 2017
UNC School of Dentistry
President, Spurgeon Dental Society
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Dr. Gregory D. Brooks and Mr. Andrew M. Brooks Fellowship in
Orthodontics
The late orthodontist Greg Brooks, DDS ’76, MS ’78, and his wife,
Martha, established these fellowships for orthodontic residents
in 1993. The fund was established in loving memory of their son,
Andrew. When Dr. Brooks passed away in 2014, Martha added his
name to the fund.
Dr. Bryan Bragassa, Orthodontics
Dr. Christian Piers, Orthodontics
Dr. Ying Wan, Orthodontics
Dr. Bryan and Renea Cobb Fellowship
Established by Dr. Bryan Cobb and his wife, Renea, this award is
given annually to one post-DDS student in the Department of
Pediatric Dentistry. Dr. Cobb is a 1977 DDS graduate of the UNC
School of Dentistry and a 1979 graduate of the Department of
Pediatric Dentistry. Renea Cobb is a graduate of the Technical
Institute of Alamance and has been Dr. Cobb’s chief dental assistant
for 28 years.
Dr. Beau Meyer, Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. James B. Congleton III Fellowship in Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Jim Congleton, DDS ’75, MS ’77, who practices pediatric dentistry
in New Bern, created this fund to provide support for residents in the
Department of Pediatric Dentistry.
Dr. Suzanne Baker, Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Ivy Brisbin, Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Lauren Green, Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Erin Tilton, Pediatric Dentistry
Diane C. Dilley Fellowship
Pediatric dentistry alumni established this fellowship in honor of
one of their favorite professors.
Dr. Beau Meyer, Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Bhavna Pahel, Pediatric Dentistry
Jack and Renee Dunlevy Fellowship
Established in 2003 by Dr. Jack Dunlevy, an orthodontist in
Midlothian, Va., and his wife, Renee.
Dr. Bryant Whitecotton, Orthodontics
Dr. Jacob B. Freedland Advanced Dental Education Fellowship
Established in 1994 with contributions from Dr. Jacob B. Freedland,
a generous friend of the School of Dentistry who practiced
endodontics in Charlotte.
Dr. Kevin Byrd, Oral Biology
Dr. Ning Cheng, Oral Biology
Dr. William Shing Tai Yeung, Endodontics
Dr. Krista Andersen, Endodontics
Dr. Daniele Vivaldi, Oral Pain
Dr. Shreya Nayak, Oral Pain
Dr. Jacob B. Freedland Scholarship in Endodontics
Dr. Freedland established this endowment fund in 1992 to provide
support for residents in the Department of Endodontics.
Dr. Mark Shallal-Ayzin, Endodontics
Dr. Tam Trinh, Endodontics
Dr. Sandy C. Marks Fellowship in Pediatric Dentistry
Alumni and friends of DDS ’67 graduate and longtime pediatric
dentistry faculty member Dr. Sandy Marks established this fund
in 2004 to provide support for pediatric dentistry residents.
Dr. Ivy Brisbin, Pediatric Dentistry
F. Thomas McIver Fellowship
Created by many generous alumni from the pediatric dentistry
program in honor of their beloved professor, Dr. F. Thomas McIver.
Dr. Bhavna Pahel, Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Jack Menius Fellowship in Pediatric Dentistry
Alumni and friends of longtime pediatric dentistry faculty member
Dr. Jack Menius established this fund in 1995 to provide support for
pediatric dentistry residents.
Dr. Suzanne Baker, Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Erin Tilton, Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Theodore Oldenburg Fellowship in Pediatric Dentistry
Alumni and friends of DDS ’57 and MS ’62 pediatric dentistry
graduate and longtime pediatric dentistry faculty member
Dr. Ted Oldenburg established this fund in 1990 to provide
support for pediatric dentistry residents.
Dr. Molly Tesch, Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Gentry Byrd, Pediatric Dentistry
Elsie M. and Baxter B. Sapp, Jr. Fellowship
Established in 1991 by Dr. Sapp, a general dentist in Durham,
and his wife, Elsie, this fund provides support for post-DDS
students pursuing advanced degrees at the School of Dentistry.
Dr. Gabrielle Jackson, Prosthodontics
Dr. Eduard Epure, Operative Dentistry
Dr. Caroline Nguyen-Ngoc, Operative Dentistry
Dr. Leslie Trippe, Operative Dentistry
William F. Vann, Jr. Fellowship
This fellowship was established with contributions from numerous
pediatric dentistry alumni and friends of Dr. Bill Vann to support
activities of residents and alumni of the UNC School of Dentistry
Department of Pediatrics.
Dr. Bhavna Pahel, Pediatric Dentistry
AWARDS
The Deah Barakat and Yusor Abu-Salha Memorial Award Fund
This award memorializes Deah Barakat and his wife, Yusor Abu-Salha,
who were taken too soon from their family, friends, and loved ones.
Deah and Yusor were selfless people who led numerous efforts to
help others, so the award provides funding for one or more School of
Dentistry student service project(s).
Kaushal Gandhi and Connie Wang, Class of 2017
Project Refugee Smiles
UNC SNDA
Zane E. Eargle, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Award
This award was endowed by friends and family of Zane Eargle, a
popular member of the DDS 1988 who died suddenly in the spring
of his senior year of dental school.
Jackson Boone, Class of 2019
Four Corners Faculty Mentoring Award
This award is provided by the Four Corners Study Club which enhances
the professional development of dentists in Nash, Pitt, Craven, Carteret,
Beaufort, and Wayne Counties. The award recognizes outstanding
mentoring practices provided to the UNC School of Dentistry faculty
by full-time faculty members.
Dr. Enrique Platin
The Fry Family International Rotation Award
Dr. Jeremy Fry, DDS ’03 and his wife, Nicki, established the Fry
Award to help a third-year DDS student travel to provide dental care,
education, and service in a country other than the United States.
Grant Fisher, Class of 2018
Dr. James A. Harrell, Sr. Citizen and Leadership Award
This award was created by the DFNC in the mid-1990s to honor
Dr. Harrell’s long record of service and dedication to the UNC School
of Dentistry and the DFNC.
Matthew Barnes, Class of 2017
Preston Ford, Class of 2018
Tarrson Family Scholarship
The late Bud Tarrson was a staunch supporter and friend of
the school, and his widow, Linda, established this merit-based
scholarship in an effort to relieve the financial burdens of dental
students at UNC.
Kaushal Gandhi, Class of 2017
Lois E. Taylor Scholarship
Dr. Sarah Taylor Morrow and Mr. Frank Taylor, Jr. established
this fund to honor their extraordinary mother, who was the first
female dentist in Charlotte.
Jessica Goodwin, Class of 2020
Markie Wicker Thomas Memorial Scholarship
The Kuhn family, David, Mandy and Ritt, along with friends and
family of Markie, established this scholarship to honor the memory
of Markie Wicker Thomas, a 1973 dental hygiene graduate who
was part of the Kuhn Family Dentistry practice for almost 35 years.
Kayla Ramsey, DH Class of 2017
Dr. William “Bill” Tulloch Memorial Scholarship
Dr. Lynn Smith established this scholarship to honor the memory
of his best friend for more than 30 years, Dr. Bill Tulloch, a general
dentist in Broadway, N.C.
Kerry Stanisic, Class of 2017
UNC Dental Alumni Association Scholarship
The UNCDAA established this fund for third-year dental students.
Brittanie Harris, Class of 2018
Keyachtta Hawkins, Class of 2018
Jeff Goldsmith, Class of 2018
David Guo, Class of 2018
UNC School of Dentistry Golf Tournament Scholarship
This scholarship is provided from funds raised by the UNC School
of Dentistry’s annual golf tournament.
Kerby Braxton, Class of 2018
University Dental Associates Scholarship
University Dental Associates and the American Dental Partners
Foundation established this fund in 2003.
Jessica Vet, Class of 2018
Dr. Michael A. “Mickey” Webb Scholarship
Mike and Julie Simmons established this scholarship to honor their
family friend and orthodontist Dr. Michael A. “Mickey” Webb, DDS ’79.
Robert Warren II, Class of 2019
Bryant Wicker Memorial Scholarship Fund
This scholarship was established by the family and friends of the
late Dr. Bryant Wicker of Maxton, N.C.
Sabrina Saunders, Class of 2019
James Gurney and Ruth Williams Scholarship
The late Dr. Lowell Williams honored the memory of his parents
with this fund established in 1990.
Halbert Campbell, Class of 2020
Anne Dorsey, Class of 2020
Kate McPherson, Class of 2020
Cody Sabol, Class of 2020
Dr. Douglas and Ursula Young Scholarship
This fund was established by Dr. Douglas Young and his wife, Ursula,
on the occasion of his 50th School of Dentistry reunion. The late
Dr. Young was a ’58 graduate of the school who practiced general
dentistry in Winston-Salem for many years.
Clara Hicks, Class of 2018
Matthew Bostian, Class of 2017
Joseph Anderson, Class of 2018
Ryan Gross, Class of 2019
Thomas Brader, Class of 2017
FELLOWSHIPS
Advanced Education Fellowships
Established in 1990 to provide support for post-DDS students
pursuing advanced degrees in the School of Dentistry.
Dr. Kevin Lim, Prosthodontics
Dr. Sarah Lee, Prosthodontics
Dr. Gabrielle Jackson, Prosthodontics
Ann and G. Randolph Babcock Fellowship
Established in 1991 with contributions from the Babcocks. Mrs.
Babcock’s father, Dr. R.M. Pelton, started Pelton & Crane in 1900,
and Mr. Babcock was president of the company for many years.
Dr. Shreya Nayak, Oral Pain
Dr. Brenda Lopez, Periodontics
Dr. Bruno Herrera, Periodontics
Dr. Elizabeth Campbell, Periodontics
Dr. David Semeniuk, Periodontics
Dr. Eugenia Monaghan, Periodontics
Dr. George Getz, Periodontics
Dr. Karin Schey, Periodontics
Dr. Krystal Viruet, Periodontics
Dr. Matthew Mason, Periodontics
Dr. Megumi Williamson, Periodontics
Dr. Tenzin Dadul, OMF Radiology
Dr. Peter Green, OMF Radiology
Dr. Robert Hilton, OMF Radiology
Dr. Brittany Kurzweg, OMF Radiology
Dr. Li Lim, OMF Radiology
Dr. Sasha Betz, OMF Pathology
Dr. Andres Flores, OMF Pathology
Dr. Si Lim, OMF Pathology
Dr. Ashley Hill, Orthodontics
Dr. Christina Jackson, Orthodontics
Dr. Christian Johnson, Orthodontics
Dr. Gentry Byrd, Pediatrics
Dr. Lauren Green, Pediatrics
Dr. Molly Tesch, Pediatrics
Dr. Lauren Kanzigg, Dental Hygiene
Dr. Ahlam Joufi, Dental Hygiene
Dr. Brandie Carter, Dental Hygiene
Miriam Easterling Baker Fellowship
Established by Dr. Edgar D. Baker in memory of his late wife in 1990.
Dr. Baker practiced orthodontics in Raleigh and these fellowships are
solely for the benefit of residents in the Department of Orthodontics.
Dr. Christian Johnson, Orthodontics
Dr. Christina Jackson, Orthodontics
Dr. Ashley Hill, Orthodontics
Dr. Bryant Whitecotton, Orthodontics
Dr. Josiah Rich, Orthodontics
Dr. Michael Cliff Wilson, Orthodontics
Dr. Carolyn Cronin, Orthodontics
Mary Jean Breeland Fellowship in Pediatric Dentistry
Established through a bequest from Ms. Breeland, who passed
away in 2002. She had unpleasant experiences with dentistry as
a child and wanted to ensure that children wouldn’t experience
the pain and trauma she did.
Dr. Jami Ballantine, Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Beau Meyer, Pediatric Dentistry
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Shelia F. Harris Award
Established by Dr. Bobby Elliot in honor of one of his long-time
dental assistants.
DeAnna Thompson, DA Class of 2017
Holiday Dental Conference Award
The Holiday Dental Conference Clinical Research fund is an en-dowed
fund created through contributions from the Holiday Dental
Conference in Charlotte, NC and is to support clinical research
efforts of faculty members at the UNC School of Dentistry.
Dr. Ingeborg De Kok
Dr. Murry Wade Holland and Mrs. Helen H. Holland Award in
Prosthodontic Dentistry
Established by Mrs. Holland in memory of her husband, Dr. Holland.
Recognizes the DDS student who best exemplifies Dr. Murry Hol-land’s
professionalism and proficient skill in prosthodontics and
aesthetic dentistry.
Sarah Barker, Class of 2017
Dr. Richard F. Hunt, Jr. Memorial Award
Since 1969, the Hunt Award has been presented annually to a
member of the faculty of the UNC School of Dentistry who merits
recognition for significant contributions to excellence in pre-doctoral
teaching. The award is sponsored by the Loblolly Study
Club through the DFNC in memory of Dr. Richard F. Hunt, Jr.
Dr. Edward Swift
Dr. Mark Hyman Family Student Travel Award
This award was created by Dr. Mark Hyman, a 1984 graduate of the
School of Dentistry. It is intended to help a DDS student travel to
provide dental care, education, and service in a country other than
the United States.
The Uganda Project
The Pankey Study Club of North Carolina Award
Members of the Pankey Study Club of Eastern North Carolina — all
UNC School of Dentistry graduates — established this award in
2013. The annual award is to be used to pay for expenses associ-ated
with faculty or students’ continuing education at the Pankey
Institute in Key Biscayne, FL.
Dr. Gustavo Oliveira
Dr. Uday and Laura Reebye Award
This award was created by Dr. Uday and Laura Reebye and is awarded
annually to a student that shadowed in Dr. Reebye’s office.
Thomas Brader, Class of 2017
Dr. Clarence Lee Sockwell Award in Dental Anatomy
Dr. and Mrs. Sockwell established this award to recognize superior
achievement in dental anatomy coursework by a pre-doctoral
student at the School.
Preston Colven Class of 2017
Phillip Hamilton Class of 2017
Nate Hoang Class of 2017
Adam Sturdevant Class of 2017
Sanjay Talluri Class of 2017
Caitlin Thomas Class of 2017
Linda Stewart Professional Excellence Award
Established to honor a beloved faculty member who retired in 2010.
Ann Collins, DA Class of 2017
Dr. Ronald P. Strauss Community and International Health
Award
This award was made to support students at the UNC School
of Dentistry who participate in international or other community-based
health or public policy experiences.
UNC Malawi Project
Dr. Robert E. Tormey, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
Bob Tormey was a well-loved member of the DDS Class of 1990 who
died suddenly after his graduation. Classmates, friends and family
worked with the DFNC to endow this scholarship fund in
his memory.
Ian McDonald, Class of 2017
Dr. Shizuko Yamauchi Endodontics Graduate Student Award
Dr. Yamauchi earned a master’s certificate in Endodontics from UNC
in 1992 and was a beloved and devoted faculty member of the UNC
School of Dentistry’s Department of Endodontics from 1994 to 2010.
Her family, friends, and colleagues created this award in her memory.
Dr. Daniel Crossen
Anne Kendrick Hall and R. Garnett Hall, Jr. elected to make a
contribution via IRA rollover to fund the Vaiden Blankenship
Kendrick Fellowship in Oral Surgery endowment, which will
benefit a resident studying oral and maxillofacial surgery. In 2012,
Mrs. Hall set up a bequest with the Dental Foundation of North
Carolina (DFNC) in memory of her late father to be fulfilled
in her will. Instead, she and her husband have funded the
fellowship now.
“We’re truly grateful for Anne’s generous original
commitment, and equally so for her and Garnett’s
current investment in the fund,” said Paul Gardner,
executive director of the DFNC. “The Halls are
wonderful supporters of our school, and we’re
pleased that they were able to take advantage of the
IRA rollover to honor her father in Anne and Garnett’s
lifetimes. We look forward to introducing them to the
inaugural Kendrick Fellowship recipient in 2018.”
Vaiden Blankenship Kendrick received his
undergraduate education from UNC. Prior to the founding of
the UNC School of Dentistry, he earned his dental degree magna
cum laude in 1932 at the University of Maryland School of
Dentistry, where he was inducted into Omicron Kappa Upsilon.
Following his graduation, he entered private practice with his
twin brother, Vance, before pursuing his training in oral surgery.
Kendrick opened his oral surgery practice in 1938 in Charlotte,
N.C.
Early in World War II, Kendrick volunteered for service as the
War Department had granted permission to Charlotte Memorial
Hospital to sponsor a military evacuation hospital. In April 1942,
he was commissioned a major in the United States Army Dental
Corps, serving with the 38th Evacuation Hospital during the
North African Campaign. He was honorably discharged in April
1946, as lieutenant colonel.
Kendrick served on the original staff at Charlotte
Memorial Hospital and was instrumental in the
formation of that hospital’s dental clinic. He served as
president of the Charlotte Dental Society, and he was
active with national and regional dentistry groups,
including the North Carolina Dental Society. He was
a diplomate of the American Board of Oral Surgery,
was the second board certified oral surgeon in the
state and was a charter member of the Southeastern
Society of Oral Surgeons. At the time of his death in
1974, Kendrick was in active practice and was chief
dental officer at Charlotte Memorial.
Mrs. Hall said her admiration and love for her father
and the excellence of the UNC School of Dentistry are what led
her to consider establishing the fellowship.
“This fund is set up to honor my father, his generous spirit and
the way he lived his life,” said Ms. Hall. “I feel that he gave me so
much, and this is something, in a way, that we can give to him. He
would be both humbled and thrilled to have a fellowship in oral
surgery named in his honor at the University of North Carolina
School of Dentistry. He was truly ‘Tar Heel born and Tar Heel
bred.’ He loved dentistry and he loved Carolina. The fellowship
seems like a perfect match.”
Dr. John Olmsted, MS ’77, and Ms. Frankie Olmsted, along with
the American Association of Endodontists (AAE) Foundation
for Endodontics, have generously contributed to a new
endowment fund to
establish the Olmsted
Family Distinguished
Professorship in
Endodontics. This
professorship is the
school’s 17th endowed
professorship.
The endowment of
the Olmsted Family
Professorship is the
culmination of a long
history of commitment to the school’s Department of
Endodontics. The Olmsteds contributed $233,000 and
the Olmsteds and the UNC School of Dentistry secured an
additional $100,000 contribution from the AAE Foundation
for Endodontics to bring the fund to the threshold to receive
the State of North Carolina match of $167,000. When fully
funded, the professorship will be a $500,000 endowment.
“This is an amazingly generous gift to the department,” said
Dr. Ashraf Fouad, chair of the Department of Endodontics.
“It is a testament to the dedication and commitment of
the Olmsted family to endodontic education, and to the
outstanding support from the Foundation for Endodontics
and the state of North Carolina.”
The Olmsted Family Professorship will benefit the endodontic
graduate program director. This support may be in the form of
leadership training, defraying costs to attend scientific or
educational meetings, a salary stipend and/or funding
workshops to further teaching skills.
“‘Education is the best investment you can make in your life.’
These words of wisdom from our parents resonate every day
with us,” said Dr. Olmsted. “Frankie was raised on a farm in
Iowa in a two- bedroom home, one of five children, and I grew
up in Iowa City with Mom and Dad in one bedroom and the
five of us kids in the other bedroom. We both feel very blessed
with the opportunities that the dental school faculty at the
University of Iowa College of Dentistry and the UNC School of
Dentistry provided to Frankie with her dental lab technician
education and to me with my dental school and endodontic
graduate resident education. The profession of dentistry, and
in particular the specialty of endodontics, has an urgent need
with recruitment and retention of faculty. We hope our gift
will facilitate present and future faculty.”
Featured in the photo: Dr. Ashraf Fouad (chair, Department of Endodontics),
Dr. Linda Levin (president, AAE), Dr. Peter Morgan (president, Foundation for
Endodontics), Dr. Mary Pettiette (vice-president, Foundation for Endodontics
and department faculty member), Ms. Olmsted and Dr. Olmsted.
Olmsted Family Distinguished Professorship Established
Kendrick Fellowship to be Funded, Awarded in 2018
“[This gift] is a
testament to the
dedication and
commitment of the
Olmsted family to
endodontic education.”
—Dr. Ashraf Fouad
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ALUMNI NEWS
In February, John Bonvechio joined
the School of Dentistry Office of
Advancement as its newest regional
director of development.
“I feel fortunate to be working on this
team,” said Bonvechio. “Carolina and
the School of Dentistry have truly
exceeded my highest expectations. My
fiancée, Erin, and I are also thrilled to
be living in North Carolina.”
As regional director
of development,
Bonvechio is
responsible for major
gifts fundraising in
western North
Carolina. He will work
closely with the rest
of the Office of
Advancement and the Dean’s Office to
elevate engagement of alumni and
friends of the school. Sarah Huppert,
regional director of development, will
continue her work with alumni in the
eastern part of the state, and Paul
Gardner, associate dean for
advancement, will continue his work
with the school’s principal gifts donors
and out-of-state alumni.
“We’re delighted that John has joined
us,” said Gardner. “He did some
excellent work at the University of
Maryland, working his way up from a
graduate assistant position to an
important role working with leadership
donors for Maryland’s annual fund. He
is enthusiastic about coming to the
UNC School of Dentistry, and our
alumni and friends will enjoy working
with him.”
Bonvechio earned his Bachelor of Arts
in history and political science from
The Ohio State University in 2011, and
his master’s in higher education and
higher education administration in
2014 from the University of Maryland.
Most recently he served as the
assistant director of leadership annual
giving at the University of Maryland,
where he worked with alumni across
Northern Virginia and Washington,
D.C.
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Bonvechio Begins as
New Regional Director
of Development
Harrell, Long-time Friend of
the School, Passes Away
Bonvechio
Message from the UNCDAA President
Dear Alumni,
What a spring it’s been! This has been an exciting time to serve as your Dental
Alumni Association president.
This new year ushered in new leadership at the School of Dentistry. Dean
Scott De Rossi, as you know, started at UNC in January and he brought a lot of
enthusiasm with him. He is energetic and driven, and he is excited to be in
Chapel Hill at our great school. It is important that Dean De Rossi be supported
by our alumni, and that we trust him to lead the school in the right direction. I
know I can speak for the DAA Board of Directors when I say that our board
unwaveringly backs Dean De Rossi, and we are looking forward to working with
him for many, many years to come.
We recently had our DDS Class Reunions, and I hope that many of you took
the chance to travel back to Chapel Hill and reconnect with your classmates and
friends. For those of you in the DDS Classes of 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983,
1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008 and 2013 — be sure to mark your calendars for your
reunion weekend, happening April 27-28, 2018.
I’m looking forward to seeing many of you at the North Carolina Dental
Society Annual Session later this month. Please plan to join us at the UNCDAA
Breakfast meeting on Friday, May 19 at 7 a.m.
Thank you, as always, for your support of the UNC School of Dentistry and the
UNC Dental Alumni Association. It has been an honor to serve as president of
this organization.
All the best,
Robert Stowe, DDS ’98
President, UNC Dental Alumni Association
Our board unwaveringly
backs Dean De Rossi, and
we are looking forward to
working with him for many,
many years to come.
On March 6, Dr. James Andrew Harrell,
Sr., passed away at the age of 94.
“I can’t imagine a world without Dr.
Harrell,” said Paul Gardner, associate dean
for advancement and director of the
Dental Foundation of North Carolina. “He
has always been there for the School,
leading our capital campaigns, making his
own generous gifts, and being one of
Carolina’s best advocates. He did so much
good for so many people. He was a
wonderful example of how to be a good
family man and a good citizen in all that he
did. We all miss him tremendously.”
Harrell received his bachelor’s degree
from the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill in 1944, and attended the
Medical College of Virginia for his dental
training. Following his graduation from
dental school, Harrell and his wife, Isabel,
moved to Elkin, N.C., where he opened a
dental practice like his father, Dr. Roy B.
Harrell, before him.
Though he didn’t attend dental school
in North Carolina, Harrell was a dedicated
supporter of the UNC School of Dentistry
and passionate about growing dental
education in North Carolina. He served as
the chair of two of the school’s large
fundraising campaigns, the Koury Oral
Health Sciences Building Campaign and
the Building on Excellence Campaign, and
as co-chair of the Bicentennial Campaign
which focused on the construction of the
school’s clinical facility, Tarrson Hall. He
also served as president of the Dental
Foundation of North Carolina. The school
honored Harrell by awarding him the UNC
Dental Alumni Association John C. Brauer
Award, the Dental Foundation of North
Carolina Distinguished Service Award, and
by establishing the Dr. James A. Harrell, Sr.
Leadership and Citizenship Award.
Harrell also served at
a University level, acting
as the director of the
UNC General Alumni
Association and also its
president. Due to his
lifetime of dedication,
leadership and service to
UNC, the University honored him with the
William Richardson Davie Award.
Active in organized dentistry, during his
lifetime Harrell was president of the North
Carolina Dental Society, president of the
American College of Dentists, president of
the Academy of General Dentistry and
president of the Academy of Dentistry
International. He also served as vice
president of the American Dental
Association. Harrell was recognized by the
North Carolina Dental Society in 1984 with
their Dentist of the Year Award.
Harrell was involved in his local
community outside of dentistry as well. He
served three terms as mayor of Elkin and
three terms as a city commissioner. He
served as president of Kiwanis Club,
United Fund, and YMCA, and director for
North Carolina Blue Cross and Blue Shield,
United Savings and Loan, Yadkin Valley
Bank and Trust, Hugh Chatham Memorial
Hospital, and Hugh Chatham Memorial
Hospital Foundation. He was an active
member of First United Methodist Church,
serving as a Sunday school teacher for 60
years.
Harrell was preceded in death by his
wife of 70 years, Isabel; and his sisters. He
is survived by his children Dr. James A.
Harrell, Jr., and wife, Barbara; Dr. Gavin
Harrell and wife, Margie; Dr. Stephen
Harrell and wife, Terry; and Ms. Deborah
Kirkman; his nine grandchildren; and his
12 great-grandchildren.
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1950s
William Douglass Strickland, DDS ’56,
passed away on March 2, 2017 at his
home.
1960s
Fred Smith, DDS ’63, passed away on
March 19, 2017.
Jerry Clark, DDS ’65, retired in August
2016 after practicing orthodontics in
Greensboro for more than 40 years. This
year at the American Association of
Orthodontics Meeting in San Diego, Calif.,
he will be presented with the AAO's
highest honor for public service, the AAO
Humanitarian Award. He will be honored
for founding the Make-A-Wish
Foundation of North Carolina, which has
granted more than 6,000 wishes for
children suffering from life-threatening
illnesses. He has been involved in a
number of other charitable efforts, too:
working with homeless; involvement in a
tutoring program for intercity children;
traveled on mission trips throughout the
world; coached a community soccer
team; and participated with the Nat
Greene Kiwanis.
William Cozart, DDS ’67, has developed a
natural dental solution to relieve pain and
heal a dry socket in one application. His
technology is patented, with international
patents pending. He encourages
everyone to check out his website,
www.naturaldentalsolutions.com, to learn
more.
Charles “Bill” McCall, Jr., DDS ’67, and
Mark McCall, DDS ’71, were recently
inducted into the Second Wind Hall of
Fame. This honor recognizes retired
citizens who, through volunteerism, have
proven life after work can be productive.
The Second Wind Hall of Fame covers
Polk County, N.C. and upstate South
Carolina with a mailing address of Tryon,
N.C.
1970s
Jerry Butler, DDS ’72, and Steve Walsh,
DDS ’72, are planning a DDS Class of
1972 reunion in Boone, N.C. October 12-
16, 2017. Dean De Rossi plans to attend
the meeting on Thursday, Oct. 12 at 6:30
p.m. Dr. Butler says they are “honored
and excited” to share the evening with
Dean De Rossi. He would also like to
mention that the Class of 1972 joined
together and made a donation to the
DFNC last year, and he wants to thank
those members of the class for
contributing. “It is great to know we still
have the comradery to share together
and that we support those students who
follow us.” He hopes to see everyone at
the fall reunion!
Roger Briggs, DDS ’75, passed away
suddenly in August 2015.
classNOTES
Jim Congleton, DDS ’75, MS ’77,
was selected as a Community Fabric
Award winner for Individual Leadership.
The award is given by the Craven
Community College Foundation and is
honoring him because he, according
to the foundation, “has contributed to
the health, beauty and culture of the
community through his dental practice,
philanthropy and service for almost
40 years.”
John Ellington, DDS ’75, retired from
active practice in January 2017. He sold
his practice in Archdale to Chad Miller,
DDS ’95.
Gordon Jones, DDS ’76, was the guest
mentor for the Woody Rupp Restorative
Seminar at the Navy Medicine
Professional Development Center at
Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda,
Md. on Mar. 3. He has served as chair of
the Academy of Operative Dentistry
Special Recognition Committee, which
has conducted a five-year process
culminating in ADA recognition of
operative dentistry, cariology and
biomaterials as special interest areas of
general dentistry. But, most importantly,
he’s getting more time to spend at his
N.C. home.
Steve Stroud, DDS ’78, MS ’81, retired
from full-time practice of oral and
maxillofacial surgery in Greensboro and
Burlington with Piedmont Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery in July 2015 after
34 years of practice. His wife and he
moved to New Bern, N.C. and he
practices one day a week in the months
between October and May. He spends
the summer months in the mountains.
He was appointed clinical assistant
professor in oral and maxillofacial
surgery at the East Carolina University
School of Dental Medicine in January
2016. He mentors third and fourth-year
dental students and a general practice
resident two or three days per month.
1980s
David Patterson, DDS ’82, sold his
practice in 2015 to his sons, Stuart
Patterson, DDS ’06, and Nathan
Patterson, DDS ’14; they also purchased
another local practice from Bob Ricks,
DDS ’80. Ruth, his wife, has also retired
from dental hygiene. The couple is
thoroughly enjoying being grandparents
to four grandchildren. Dr. Patterson
continues to recover from bilateral
shoulder surgeries related to a fall while
replacing dock boards at the